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title: Ruby reckons radiators sit under windows for no reason. What is a go… — Heating, water pipes and drains · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby reckons radiators sit under windows for no reason. What is a good reason? Test 2 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Heating, water pipes and drains

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Ruby reckons radiators sit under windows for no reason. What is a good reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ruby, radiators · **What happens:** reckon, sit, be · **To what, where:** windows, good reason

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby reckons radiators sit under windows for no reason.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t2:1
# text = Ruby reckons radiators sit under windows for no reason.
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	radiators	radiator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | Ruby |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **sit** | present | radiators |  |  | windows |  | for no reason | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under window=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 a good reason?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t2:2
# text = What is a good reason?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a good reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Radiators like the light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t2:o1:1
# text = Radiators like the light
1	Radiators	radiator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is the only place pipes fit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t2:o2:1
# text = It is the only place pipes fit
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fit	fit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | fit *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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So you can dry your socks in the sun that comes through the glass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t2:o3:1
# text = So you can dry your socks in the sun that comes through the glass
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	dry	dry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | can | you | your socks |  | the sun |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient sock=Result |
| 2 | **come** | present | the sun |  |  | the glass |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through glass=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Warm air rising there meets the cold air from the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t2:o4:1
# text = Warm air rising there meets the cold air from the window
1	Warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
5	meets	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | gerund | Warm air *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **meet** | present | Warm air | the cold air |  | the window |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Co-Agent |

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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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