--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Materials and their properties · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of a warm coat? Exam question 2 of lesson 18 «Materials and their properties» 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/18-materials-and-properties/e2/) [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/) / [Materials and their properties](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/18-materials-and-properties/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Materials and their properties Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of a warm coat? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** function This is exam question 2 of lesson 18 «Materials and their properties» 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/18-materials-and-properties/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:18-materials-and-properties:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of a warm coat? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 function function NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the function of a warm coat | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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 generates heat of its own ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:18-materials-and-properties:e2:o1:1 # text = It generates heat of its own 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 generates generate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **generate** | present | It | heat of heat's own | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It admits the heat of the Sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:18-materials-and-properties:e2:o2:1 # text = It admits the heat of the Sun 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 admits admit 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 | **admit** *speech: other* | present | It | the heat of the Sun | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme | | 2 | **heat** | | the Sun | | | | | | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It draws warmth from the surrounding air ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:18-materials-and-properties:e2:o3:1 # text = It draws warmth from the surrounding air 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 draws draw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 warmth warmth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 surrounding surrounding NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | present | It | warmth | | the surrounding air | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent warmth=Theme from air=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It retards the loss of the wearer's own body heat ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:18-materials-and-properties:e2:o4:1 # text = It retards the loss of the wearer's own body heat 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 retards retard 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 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wearer wearer NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retard** | present | It | the loss of the wearer's own body heat | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **heat** | | the wearer | | | | | | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=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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