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title: A dog has no sweat over most of its body and pants on hot days. Why… — Thinking like a scientist: the body an… · tree and pragmatics
description: A dog has no sweat over most of its body and pants on hot days. Why might panting help it? Test 2 · ★★★ 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 choi
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics

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A dog has no sweat over most of its body and pants on hot days. Why might panting help it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** have, pant, help · **To what, where:** sweat, most

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This is test 2 · ★★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A dog has no sweat over most of its body and pants on hot days.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t2:1
# text = A dog has no sweat over most of its body and pants on hot days.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	sweat	sweat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	pants	pants	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	10	conj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a dog | no sweat |  | most of dog's body and pants on hot days |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweat=Patient |

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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:* Why might panting help it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t2:2
# text = Why might panting help it?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	panting	pant	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pant** | might |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **help** | infinitive |  | sweat |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Panting makes the dog's fur thinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t2:o1:1
# text = Panting makes the dog's fur thinner
1	Panting	panting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	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	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	thinner	thin	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Panting | the dog's fur |  |  |  | thin *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fur=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Panting brings colder blood from the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t2:o2:1
# text = Panting brings colder blood from the ground
1	Panting	panting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	colder	cold	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | Panting | colder blood |  | the ground |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent blood=Theme from ground=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Panting blows the Sun away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t2:o3:1
# text = Panting blows the Sun away
1	Panting	panting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blows	blow	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	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow away** | present | Panting | the Sun |  |  |  | away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent sun=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Water evaporates from its tongue and mouth and takes heat away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t2:o4:1
# text = Water evaporates from its tongue and mouth and takes heat away
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	evaporates	evaporate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **evaporate** | present | Water |  |  | Water's tongue and mouth |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **take away** | present | Water *not said here* | heat |  |  |  | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme |

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