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title: After a long drive the bonnet of the car is too hot to touch. Why? — Fuels, the Sun and saving energy · tree and pragmatics
description: After a long drive the bonnet of the car is too hot to touch. Why? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Fuels, the Sun and saving energy» 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Fuels, the Sun and saving energy

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After a long drive the bonnet of the car is too hot to touch. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bonnet · **What happens:** be, touch

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Fuels, the Sun and saving energy» 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/32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* After a long drive the bonnet of the car is too hot to touch.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t9:1
# text = After a long drive the bonnet of the car is too hot to touch.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	drive	drive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bonnet	bonnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the bonnet of the car |  |  |  | after a long drive | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **touch** | to-infinitive | the bonnet of the car *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t9:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The radio inside the car heats the whole bonnet up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t9:o1:1
# text = The radio inside the car heats the whole bonnet up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	radio	radio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	heats	heat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	nsubj	_	_
9	bonnet	bonnet	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | present | the radio inside the car |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bonnet up** | present | the whole |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The tyres rubbed against the bonnet and made it hot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t9:o2:1
# text = The tyres rubbed against the bonnet and made it hot
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tyres	tyre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	against	against	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bonnet	bonnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | participle |  | the tyres *not said here* |  | the bonnet |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme against bonnet=Destination |
| 2 | **make** | past | the tyres | bonnet |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

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

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The engine turned much of its fuel into heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t9:o3:1
# text = The engine turned much of its fuel into heat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	engine	engine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	fuel	fuel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | the engine | much of engine's fuel |  | heat |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent much=Theme into heat=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sunlight was shining down on it all the way home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t9:o4:1
# text = Sunlight was shining down on it all the way home
1	Sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	home	home	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine down** | past · progressive | Sunlight | all way |  | it |  | down *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Location |

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