--- title: Why does dark sea water warm up faster than white ice when the Sun s… — Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands · tree and pragmatics description: Why does dark sea water warm up faster than white ice when the Sun shines on both? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 65 «Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands/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/) / [Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands Why does dark sea water warm up faster than white ice when the Sun shines on both? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dark sea water, Sun · **What happens:** do, warm up, shine · **To what, where:** both This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 65 «Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands» 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/65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t8:1 # text = Why does dark sea water warm up faster than white ice when the Sun shines on both? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 3 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 warm warm VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 9 than than ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 shines shine VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | dark sea water *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **warm up** | present | dark sea water | | | | | fast *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **shine** | present | the Sun | | | both | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on both=Location | 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} Dark water takes in more sunlight while white ice reflects it ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t8:o1:1 # text = Dark water takes in more sunlight while white ice reflects it 1 Dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 while while SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 reflects reflect VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present | Dark water | | | more sunlight | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in sunlight=Location | | 2 | **reflect** | present | white ice | water | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The Sun shines only on water ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t8:o2:1 # text = The Sun shines only on water 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shines shine VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | present | the Sun | water | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Water is always closer to the Sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t8:o3:1 # text = Water is always closer to the Sun 1 Water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Water | | | | | to the Sun; always, close *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ice makes its own cold air ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t8:o4:1 # text = Ice makes its own cold air 1 Ice ice 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 6 nmod:poss _ _ 4 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Ice | Ice's own cold air | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset air=Product | **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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