--- title: Identify the principal reason for which perspiration cools the human… — Evaporation and condensation · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which perspiration cools the human body. Exam question 3 of lesson 13 «Evaporation and condensation» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/13-evaporation-condensation/e3/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Evaporation and condensation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/13-evaporation-condensation/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Evaporation and condensation Identify the principal reason for which perspiration cools the human body. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, perspiration · **What happens:** identify, cool · **To what, where:** principal reason, human body This is exam question 3 of lesson 13 «Evaporation and condensation» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/world/13-evaporation-condensation/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:13-evaporation-condensation:e3:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which perspiration cools the human body. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 7 perspiration perspiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 cools cool VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **cool** | present | perspiration | the human body | | | | for the principal reason | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent body=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It is itself colder than the surrounding air ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:13-evaporation-condensation:e3:o1:1 # text = It is itself colder than the surrounding air 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 nsubj _ _ 4 colder cold ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 surrounding surround VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 amod _ _ 8 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | than the surrounding air; cold *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **surround** | gerund | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Its evaporation removes heat from the skin ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:13-evaporation-condensation:e3:o2:1 # text = Its evaporation removes heat from the skin 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 evaporation evaporation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 removes remove VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remove** | present | Its evaporation | heat | | the skin | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent heat=Theme from skin=Source | | 2 | **evaporate** | | Its *= it* | | | | | | nom evaporation «process transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It prevents blood from reaching the skin ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:13-evaporation-condensation:e3:o3:1 # text = It prevents blood from reaching the skin 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 prevents prevent VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 from from SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 reaching reach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prevent** | present | It | blood | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer blood=Theme | | 2 | **reach** | gerund | | the skin | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent skin=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It reflects the heat of the Sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:13-evaporation-condensation:e3:o4:1 # text = It reflects the heat of the Sun 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reflects reflect 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 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reflect** | present | It | the heat of the Sun | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **heat** | | the Sun | | | | | | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=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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