--- title: Why might a desert fox have huge ears while an Arctic fox has tiny o… — Keeping warm and keeping cool: insulat… · tree and pragmatics description: Why might a desert fox have huge ears while an Arctic fox has tiny ones? Test 8 · ★★★ 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 choice was right --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★★ · Keeping warm and keeping cool: insulation and sweat Why might a desert fox have huge ears while an Arctic fox has tiny ones? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** desert fox, Arctic fox · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** huge ears, tiny ones This is test 8 · ★★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:t8:1 # text = Why might a desert fox have huge ears while an Arctic fox has tiny ones? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 while while SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Arctic arctic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 14 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | a desert fox | huge ears | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient | | 2 | **have** | present | a Arctic fox | tiny ones | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | 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 {#o1} Arctic foxes have no use for ears ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:t8:o1:1 # text = Arctic foxes have no use for ears 1 Arctic arctic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 foxes fox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Arctic foxes | no use | | | | for ears | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Desert foxes need to hear camels ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:t8:o2:1 # text = Desert foxes need to hear camels 1 Desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 foxes fox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 camels camel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | Desert foxes | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **hear** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Desert foxes *not said here* | camels | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer camel=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Big ears lose heat in the heat, small ears save heat in the cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:t8:o3:1 # text = Big ears lose heat in the heat, small ears save heat in the cold 1 Big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 save save VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | present | Big ears | heat | | the heat | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Eventuality | | 2 | **save** | present | small ears | heat | | the cold | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Big ears grow only in sand ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool:t8:o4:1 # text = Big ears grow only in sand 1 Big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | Big ears | | | sand | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sand=Location | **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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