--- title: Identify the principal means by which a woollen garment maintains th… — Keeping warm and keeping cool: insulat… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal means by which a woollen garment maintains the warmth of the wearer. Exam question 1 of lesson 25 «Keeping warm and keeping cool: insulation and sweat» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Keeping warm and keeping cool: insulat…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Keeping warm and keeping cool: insulation and sweat Identify the principal means by which a woollen garment maintains the warmth of the wearer. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, principal, woollen garment · **What happens:** identify, mean, maintain · **To what, where:** warmth · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 25 «Keeping warm and keeping cool: insulation and sweat» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/physics/25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal means by which a woollen garment maintains the warmth of the wearer. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 principal principal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 woollen woollen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 maintains maintain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 warmth warmth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 wearer wearer NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | present | the principal | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **maintain** | present | a woollen garment | the warmth of the wearer | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent warmth=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The reflection of the cold of the air away from the body of the wearer ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:e1:o1:1 # text = The reflection of the cold of the air away from the body of the wearer 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 reflection reflection NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 wearer wearer NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The generation of heat by the fibres ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:e1:o2:1 # text = The generation of heat by the fibres 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 generation generation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fibres fibre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The retention of still air, which is a poor conductor of heat ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:e1:o3:1 # text = The retention of still air, which is a poor conductor of heat 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 retention retention NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 conductor conductor NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the retention of air | a poor conductor | | | | of heat | tree rules | | 2 | **retain** | | | air | | | | | nom retention «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The absorption of heat from the surroundings ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:e1:o4:1 # text = The absorption of heat from the surroundings 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 absorption absorption NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 surroundings surroundings NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **absorb** | | | heat | | the surroundings | | | nom absorption «process transitive»: of=patient from=place | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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