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title: On a hot summer day, why do people in sunny countries often paint ho… — Thinking it through — forces, heat, li… · tree and pragmatics
description: On a hot summer day, why do people in sunny countries often paint houses white? Test 8 · ★★★ 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
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# Test 8 · ★★★ · Thinking it through — forces, heat, light and energy

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On a hot summer day, why do people in sunny countries often paint houses white?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** people · **What happens:** do, paint · **To what, where:** houses

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This is test 8 · ★★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t8:1
# text = On a hot summer day, why do people in sunny countries often paint houses white?
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	often	often	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	paint	paint	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
15	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
16	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  | day |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **paint** | present | people in sunny countries | houses |  |  |  | often, white *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent house=Destination |

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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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White paint makes cold air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t8:o1:1
# text = White paint makes cold air
1	White	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | White paint | cold air |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset air=Product |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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White reflects sunlight, so the houses stay cooler

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t8:o2:1
# text = White reflects sunlight, so the houses stay cooler
1	White	White	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reflects	reflect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	cooler	cool	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reflect** | present | White | sunlight |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** | present | the houses |  |  |  |  | cool *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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White houses are heavier and thicker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t8:o3:1
# text = White houses are heavier and thicker
1	White	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	thicker	thick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | White houses |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | White houses *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
White walls absorb more heat to store it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t8:o4:1
# text = White walls absorb more heat to store it
1	White	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	absorb	absorb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	store	store	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **absorb** | present | White walls | more heat |  |  |  |  | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal heat=Theme |
| 2 | **store** | to-infinitive | White walls *not said here* | heat |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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