--- title: Why does a mountain hut buried under deep snow stay warmer inside th… — Clever reasoning about water and matter · tree and pragmatics description: Why does a mountain hut buried under deep snow stay warmer inside than the frosty air? Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Clever reasoning about water and matter» 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 wrong --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/20-reasoning-water-and-matter/t8/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Clever reasoning about water and matter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/20-reasoning-water-and-matter/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★★ · Clever reasoning about water and matter Why does a mountain hut buried under deep snow stay warmer inside than the frosty air? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mountain hut · **What happens:** bury, stay · **To what, where:** mountain hut, deep snow This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Clever reasoning about water and matter» 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/20-reasoning-water-and-matter/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:t8:1 # text = Why does a mountain hut buried under deep snow stay warmer inside than the frosty air? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 6 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 under under ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 warmer warm ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 xcomp _ _ 12 inside inside ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 13 than than ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 frosty frosty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bury** | participle | | a mountain hut *not said here* | | deep snow | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent under snow=Destination | | 2 | **stay** | present · do-support | a mountain hut | | | | | than the frosty air; inside, warm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The snow traps air and insulates the hut ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:t8:o1:1 # text = The snow traps air and insulates the hut 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 traps trap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 insulates insulate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trap** | present | the snow | air | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Patient | | 2 | **insulate** | present | the snow *not said here* | the hut | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent hut=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} Snow is made of warm water ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:t8:o2:1 # text = Snow is made of warm water 1 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · passive | | Snow | | | | of warm water | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} The snow pulls the cold out of the walls ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:t8:o3:1 # text = The snow pulls the cold out of the walls 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pulls pull VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | present | the snow | the cold | | the walls | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent cold=Theme out wall=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} The snow makes heat as it sits there ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:t8:o4:1 # text = The snow makes heat as it sits there 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | the snow | heat | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset heat=Product | | 2 | **sit** | present | snow | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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