--- title: Why does a house in a freezing winter need pipes in the loft wrapped? — Heating, water pipes and drains · tree and pragmatics description: Why does a house in a freezing winter need pipes in the loft wrapped? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Heating, water pipes and drains» of the technology 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/technology/13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains/t11/) [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/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Heating, water pipes and drains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Heating, water pipes and drains Why does a house in a freezing winter need pipes in the loft wrapped? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** house · **What happens:** need, wrap · **To what, where:** pipes, loft This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Heating, water pipes and drains» of the technology 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/technology/13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t11:1 # text = Why does a house in a freezing winter need pipes in the loft wrapped? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 freezing freezing NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 10 pipes pipe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 loft loft NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present · do-support | a house in a freezing winter | pipes | | the loft | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pipe=Theme | | 2 | **wrap** | participle | | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Lagging stops the water in them freezing and bursting the pipe ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t11:o1:1 # text = Lagging stops the water in them freezing and bursting the pipe 1 Lagging lag VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stops stop 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 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 freezing freeze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 bursting burst VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lag** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stop** | present | | the water | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality water=Eventuality | | 3 | **freeze** | gerund | them *= they* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **burst** | gerund | them *= they* *not said here* | the pipe | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pipe=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It keeps the water cold in summer ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t11:o2:1 # text = It keeps the water cold in summer 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep 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 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | It | the water | | | summer | cold *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It keeps the pipes from getting dusty ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t11:o3:1 # text = It keeps the pipes from getting dusty 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep 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 pipes pipe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 from from SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 dusty dusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | It | the pipes | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pipe=Theme | | 2 | **get** | gerund | | | | | | dusty *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} It stops the boiler going out ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t11:o4:1 # text = It stops the boiler going out 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stops stop 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 boiler boiler NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 out out ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | It | the boiler | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality boiler=Eventuality | | 2 | **go out** | gerund | the boiler *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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