--- title: why do black t-shirts get so hot in the sun — Light, shadows and colours · tree and pragmatics description: why do black t-shirts get so hot in the sun Test 10 · ★ of lesson 53 «Light, shadows and colours» 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/53-light/t10/) [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/) / [Light, shadows and colours](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/53-light/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Light, shadows and colours why do black t-shirts get so hot in the sun **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** black t shirts · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** sun This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 53 «Light, shadows and colours» 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/53-light/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:53-light:t10:1 # text = why do black t-shirts get so hot in the sun 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 4 t t NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 shirts shirt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present · do-support | black t shirts | | | the sun | | hot *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 {#o1} Black lets the light pass through ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:53-light:t10:o1:1 # text = Black lets the light pass through 1 Black Black PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lets let 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 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 xcomp _ _ 6 through through ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | present | Black | the light | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass through** | present | the light *not said here* | | | | | through *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Black makes its own heat ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:53-light:t10:o2:1 # text = Black makes its own heat 1 Black Black PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Black | its own heat | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Product | | 2 | **heat** | | its *= it* | | | | | | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Black absorbs almost all the light ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:53-light:t10:o3:1 # text = Black absorbs almost all the light 1 Black black NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 absorbs absorb VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 almost almost ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **absorb** | present | Black | all light | | | | | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal light=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Black reflects almost all the light ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:53-light:t10:o4:1 # text = Black reflects almost all the light 1 Black black NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reflects reflect VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 almost almost ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reflect** | present | Black | all light | | | | | tree rules | **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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