--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Thinking it through — forces, heat, li… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the direction of the flow of heat? Exam question 1 of lesson 60 «Thinking it through — forces, heat, light and energy» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/60-reasoning-energy-technology/e1/) [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/) / [Thinking it through — forces, heat, li…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/60-reasoning-energy-technology/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Thinking it through — forces, heat, light and energy Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the direction of the flow of heat? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** heat · **What happens:** follow, characteris, flow · **To what, where:** direction This is exam question 1 of lesson 60 «Thinking it through — forces, heat, light and energy» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/60-reasoning-energy-technology/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the direction of the flow of heat? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 flow flow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the direction of the flow of heat | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **flow** | | heat | | | | | | nom flow «event intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Heat flows from the hotter body to the colder body ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:e1:o1:1 # text = Heat flows from the hotter body to the colder body 1 Heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flows flow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 hotter hot ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 colder cold ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 amod _ _ 10 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flow** | present | Heat | | | the hotter body | | to the colder body | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Heat flows only between bodies of equal temperature ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:e1:o2:1 # text = Heat flows only between bodies of equal temperature 1 Heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flows flow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 between between ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 temperature temperature NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flow** | present | Heat | | | bodies of equal temperature | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between body=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Heat flows exclusively through metals ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:e1:o3:1 # text = Heat flows exclusively through metals 1 Heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flows flow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 exclusively exclusively ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 metals metal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flow** | present | Heat | | | metals | | exclusively *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through metal=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Heat flows from the colder body to the hotter body ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:e1:o4:1 # text = Heat flows from the colder body to the hotter body 1 Heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flows flow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 colder cold ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 hotter hot ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 amod _ _ 10 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flow** | present | Heat | | | the colder body | | to the hotter body | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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