--- title: A builder puts a thick fluffy layer of insulation in a roof. What is… — Materials and their properties · tree and pragmatics description: A builder puts a thick fluffy layer of insulation in a roof. What is it for? 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What is it for? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** builder · **What happens:** put, be · **To what, where:** thick fluffy layer, roof, builder This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Materials and their properties» of the world 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/world/18-materials-and-properties/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A builder puts a thick fluffy layer of insulation in a roof. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:18-materials-and-properties:t7:1 # text = A builder puts a thick fluffy layer of insulation in a roof. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 builder builder NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 puts put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 fluffy fluffy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 layer layer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 insulation insulation NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | present | a builder | a thick fluffy layer of insulation | | a roof | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent layer=Theme in roof=Destination | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is it for? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:18-materials-and-properties:t7:2 # text = What is it for? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 1 case _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | builder | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} To make the roof heavier in the wind ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:18-materials-and-properties:t7:o1:1 # text = To make the roof heavier in the wind 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | the roof | | the wind | | heavy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset roof=Product | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} To stop heat escaping from the house in winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:18-materials-and-properties:t7:o2:1 # text = To stop heat escaping from the house in winter 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 escaping escape VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | to-infinitive | | heat | | | winter | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality heat=Eventuality | | 2 | **escape** | gerund | heat *not said here* | | | the house | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from house=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} To make the rooms brighter ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:18-materials-and-properties:t7:o3:1 # text = To make the rooms brighter 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 brighter bright ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | the rooms | | | | bright *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset room=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} To make the roof waterproof ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:18-materials-and-properties:t7:o4:1 # text = To make the roof waterproof 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 waterproof waterproof ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | the roof | | | | waterproof *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset roof=Product | **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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