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title: A flask of hot tea and a flask of iced juice sit side by side all da… — Keeping warm and keeping cool: insulat… · tree and pragmatics
description: A flask of hot tea and a flask of iced juice sit side by side all day. What is clever about the flask? Test 7 · ★★★ 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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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Keeping warm and keeping cool: insulation and sweat

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A flask of hot tea and a flask of iced juice sit side by side all day. What is clever about the flask?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** flask · **What happens:** ice, sit, be · **To what, where:** side

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A flask of hot tea and a flask of iced juice sit side by side all day.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:t7:1
# text = A flask of hot tea and a flask of iced juice sit side by side all day.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flask	flask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	flask	flask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	iced	ice	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ice** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sit** | present | a flask of hot tea and a flask of iced juice | side |  |  | day | by side | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent side=Theme by side=Location |

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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 is clever about the flask?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:t7:2
# text = What is clever about the flask?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	flask	flask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about the flask; clever *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It simply slows heat in either direction, not knowing hot from cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:t7:o1:1
# text = It simply slows heat in either direction, not knowing hot from cold
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	slows	slow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	either	either	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc:preconj	_	_
7	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	knowing	know	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
11	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slow** | present | It | heat |  | direction |  | simply *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heat=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **know** | gerund |  |  |  | cold |  | hot *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It only works on one of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:t7:o2:1
# text = It only works on one of them
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | It |  |  |  |  | on one of them | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on one=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It knows which drink is hot and which is cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:t7:o3:1
# text = It knows which drink is hot and which is cold
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present | which drink |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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It turns the juice warm and the tea cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:t7:o4:1
# text = It turns the juice warm and the tea cold
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	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	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | It | the juice and the tea |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent juice=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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