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title: Two bottles of water lie in the sun, one painted white and one paint… — Wind, sun and other clean energy · tree and pragmatics
description: Two bottles of water lie in the sun, one painted white and one painted black. Which warms faster, and why? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 33 «Wind, sun and other clean energy» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Wind, sun and other clean energy

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Two bottles of water lie in the sun, one painted white and one painted black. Which warms faster, and why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Two bottles, one · **What happens:** lie, be, paint, warm · **To what, where:** sun

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 33 «Wind, sun and other clean energy» of the technology 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/technology/33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two bottles of water lie in the sun, one painted white and one painted black.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy:t9:1
# text = Two bottles of water lie in the sun, one painted white and one painted black.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	bottles	bottle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	lie	lie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nsubj	_	_
11	painted	paint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nsubj	_	_
15	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
16	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | Two bottles of water |  |  | the sun |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sun=Location |
| 2 | **is** | past | one |  |  |  |  | white *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **paint** | participle | one |  |  |  |  | black *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «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:* Which warms faster, and why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy:t9:2
# text = Which warms faster, and why?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	warms	warm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warm** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The white one, because it reflects heat inwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy:t9:o1:1
# text = The white one, because it reflects heat inwards
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
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	reflects	reflect	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	inwards	inwards	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reflect** | present | it | heat |  |  |  | inwards *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Both the same, colour does not matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy:t9:o2:1
# text = Both the same, colour does not matter
1	Both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc:preconj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | the same colour |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The white one, because white soaks up more sunlight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy:t9:o3:1
# text = The white one, because white soaks up more sunlight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj	_	_
7	soaks	soak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak up** | present | white | more sunlight |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sunlight=Source |

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

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The black one, because black soaks up more sunlight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy:t9:o4:1
# text = The black one, because black soaks up more sunlight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	soaks	soak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak up** | present | the black one *not said here* | more sunlight |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sunlight=Source |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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