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title: why's the metal spoon in my tea hot but the wooden one not — Thinking it through — forces, heat, li… · tree and pragmatics
description: why's the metal spoon in my tea hot but the wooden one not Test 10 · ★★★ 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 option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★★★ · Thinking it through — forces, heat, light and energy

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
why's the metal spoon in my tea hot but the wooden one not

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Thinking it through — forces, heat, light and energy» 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/60-reasoning-energy-technology/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t10:1
# text = why's the metal spoon in my tea hot but the wooden one not
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The tea just likes metal more, it sticks to it harder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t10:o1:1
# text = The tea just likes metal more, it sticks to it harder
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sticks	stick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	harder	hard	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | the tea | metal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stick** | present | tea |  | metal |  |  | hard *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to it=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Metal makes its own heat whenever it gets dunked in tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t10:o2:1
# text = Metal makes its own heat whenever it gets dunked in tea
1	Metal	metal	NOUN	NN	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	_	_
6	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	dunked	dunk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Metal | Metal's own heat |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material heat=Product |
| 2 | **dunk** | present · passive |  | Metal |  | tea |  | whenever *property* | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme in tea=Trajectory |
| 3 | **heat** |  | Metal |  |  |  |  |  | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Metal conducts heat well, wood conducts it poorly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t10:o3:1
# text = Metal conducts heat well, wood conducts it poorly
1	Metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	conducts	conduct	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	heat	heat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	conducts	conduct	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	poorly	poorly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | present | Metal conducts |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **conduct** | present | wood | it |  |  |  | poorly *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wood is colder inside, it's like full of tiny ice bits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t10:o4:1
# text = Wood is colder inside, it's like full of tiny ice bits
1	Wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	colder	cold	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Wood |  |  |  |  | cold, inside *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Wood |  |  |  |  | of tiny ice bits; full *property* | tree rules |

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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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