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title: my sister says shivering means your body's given up on staying warm.… — Thinking like a scientist: the body an… · tree and pragmatics
description: my sister says shivering means your body's given up on staying warm. true? Test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics» 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 right.
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# Test 13 · ★★★ · Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics

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my sister says shivering means your body's given up on staying warm. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sister · **What happens:** say, shiver, mean, give up, stay · **To what, where:** body · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics» 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/40-body-and-physics-reasoning/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t13:1
# text = my sister says shivering means your body's given up on staying warm. true?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	shivering	shiver	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	staying	stay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
13	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
15	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **shiver** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **mean** | present |  | your body |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Topic |
| 4 | **give up** | participle |  | your body *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **stay** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, it is only fear of the cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t13:o1:1
# text = Yes, it is only fear of the cold
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | fear |  |  |  | of the cold | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it means the body has stopped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t13:o2:1
# text = Yes, it means the body has stopped
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** | present · perfect | the body |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, shivering is muscles working fast to make heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t13:o3:1
# text = No, shivering is muscles working fast to make heat
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	shivering	shivering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
10	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present · progressive | shivering |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | shivering *not said here* | heat |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset heat=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, shivering makes you colder on purpose to save energy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t13:o4:1
# text = No, shivering makes you colder on purpose to save energy
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	shivering	shiver	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	colder	cold	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shiver** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | you |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |
| 3 | **save** | to-infinitive |  | energy |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme |

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