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description: In a cold room you start to shiver without deciding to. What is your body doing? Test 5 · ★★★ 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 wro
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics

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In a cold room you start to shiver without deciding to. What is your body doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, body · **What happens:** start, shiver, decide, do · **To what, where:** cold room

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cold room you start to shiver without deciding to.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t5:1
# text = In a cold room you start to shiver without deciding to.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	start	start	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	shiver	shiver	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	deciding	decide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present | you |  |  | a cold room |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **shiver** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **decide** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* What is your body doing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t5:2
# text = What is your body doing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · progressive | your body |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sending all the blood to the fingers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t5:o1:1
# text = Sending all the blood to the fingers
1	Sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | gerund |  | all blood |  | the fingers |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent blood=Theme to finger=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Trying to get rid of heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t5:o2:1
# text = Trying to get rid of heat
1	Trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	rid	rid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Making heat with quick muscle work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t5:o3:1
# text = Making heat with quick muscle work
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	muscle	muscle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | heat |  |  |  | with quick muscle work | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset heat=Product |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Turning off the heart to save energy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:40-body-and-physics-reasoning:t5:o4:1
# text = Turning off the heart to save energy
1	Turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn off** | gerund |  | the heart |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heart=Patient |
| 2 | **save** | to-infinitive |  | energy |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme |

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