--- title: On a scorching day, which feels hotter to sit on: a metal bench or a… — Heat moves: hot to cold · tree and pragmatics description: On a scorching day, which feels hotter to sit on: a metal bench or a wooden one? Test 2 of lesson 23 «Heat moves: hot to cold» of the physics 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/physics/23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold/t2/) [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/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Heat moves: hot to cold](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold/) / t2 # Test 2 · Heat moves: hot to cold On a scorching day, which feels hotter to sit on: a metal bench or a wooden one? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** metal bench · **What happens:** scorch, feel, sit on · **To what, where:** metal bench This is test 2 of lesson 23 «Heat moves: hot to cold» of the physics 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/physics/23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold:t2:1 # text = On a scorching day, which feels hotter to sit on: a metal bench or a wooden one? 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 scorching scorch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 hotter hot ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 xcomp _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scorch** | gerund | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **feel** | present | | a metal bench or a wooden one | | | day | hot *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **sit on** | to-infinitive | a metal bench or a wooden one *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Both feel exactly the same ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold:t2:o1:1 # text = Both feel exactly the same 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present | Both | | | | | same *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} The wooden one, because wood stores heat ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold:t2:o2:1 # text = The wooden one, because wood stores heat 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stores store VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **store** | present | the wooden one | heat | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The metal one, because it passes heat into you faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold:t2:o3:1 # text = The metal one, because it passes heat into you faster 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 passes pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 11 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | present | it | heat | | | | into you; fast *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent heat=Theme into you=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Neither, sun does not heat benches ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:23-heat-moves-hot-to-cold:t2:o4:1 # text = Neither, sun does not heat benches 1 Neither neither ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 heat heat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 benches bench NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **heat** | present · do-support | sun | benches | | | | neither *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bench=Patient | **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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