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title: A dog is panting hard in the back of a hot car with the windows shut… — Keeping warm and keeping cool: insulat… · tree and pragmatics
description: A dog is panting hard in the back of a hot car with the windows shut. What should you do? Test 4 · ★★★ 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; Mova's
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · Keeping warm and keeping cool: insulation and sweat

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A dog is panting hard in the back of a hot car with the windows shut. What should you do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog, you · **What happens:** pant, do · **To what, where:** back

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This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 25 «Keeping warm and keeping cool: insulation and sweat» of the physics course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A dog is panting hard in the back of a hot car with the windows shut.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:t4:1
# text = A dog is panting hard in the back of a hot car with the windows shut.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	panting	pant	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
16	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pant** | present · progressive | a dog |  |  | the back of a hot car |  | with the windows; hard *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should you do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:t4:2
# text = What should you do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Wait about an hour and then check whether the dog has cooled down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:t4:o1:1
# text = Wait about an hour and then check whether the dog has cooled down
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	cooled	cool	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
13	down	down	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | hour |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **check** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cool down** | present · perfect · passive |  | the dog |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Leave it, dogs like warm cars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:t4:o2:1
# text = Leave it, dogs like warm cars
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme dog=Attribute |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Get an adult to help at once, because it is an emergency

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:t4:o3:1
# text = Get an adult to help at once, because it is an emergency
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | a adult |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | a adult *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | adult | a emergency |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Give it a jumper to cover up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:t4:o4:1
# text = Give it a jumper to cover up
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	jumper	jumper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cover	cover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a jumper | it |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient jumper=Theme |
| 2 | **cover up** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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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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