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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cooling effect of perspiration? Exam question 2 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 o
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# Exam question 2 · Keeping warm and keeping cool: insulation and sweat

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cooling effect of perspiration?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, effect · **To what, where:** cooling effect, perspiration

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cooling effect of perspiration?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	cooling	cooling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	perspiration	perspiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the cooling effect of perspiration |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **effect** |  |  | perspiration |  |  |  |  | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

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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}

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Perspiration reflects the rays of the Sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:e2:o1:1
# text = Perspiration reflects the rays of the Sun
1	Perspiration	perspiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reflects	reflect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rays	ray	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reflect** | present | Perspiration | the rays of the Sun |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ray** |  |  | the Sun |  |  |  |  | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Perspiration is intrinsically of low temperature when it is produced

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:e2:o2:1
# text = Perspiration is intrinsically of low temperature when it is produced
1	Perspiration	perspiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	intrinsically	intrinsically	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Perspiration |  |  |  |  | of low temperature; intrinsically *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **produce** | present · passive |  | Perspiration |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Perspiration seals heat within the skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:e2:o3:1
# text = Perspiration seals heat within the skin
1	Perspiration	perspiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	heat	heat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | present | Perspiration seals |  |  |  |  | within the skin | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Evaporation of moisture from the skin removes heat from the body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:e2:o4:1
# text = Evaporation of moisture from the skin removes heat from the body
1	Evaporation	evaporation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	moisture	moisture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	removes	remove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present | Evaporation of moisture from the skin | heat |  | the body |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent heat=Theme from body=Source |
| 2 | **evaporate** |  |  | moisture from the skin |  |  |  |  | nom evaporation «process transitive»: of=patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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