--- title: why does the metal bench feel colder than the wooden one when they'r… — Heat and temperature: how things warm… · tree and pragmatics description: why does the metal bench feel colder than the wooden one when they're both out in the cold Test 10 of lesson 82 «Heat and temperature: how things warm and cool» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/82-heat-and-temperature/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/) / [Heat and temperature: how things warm…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/82-heat-and-temperature/) / t10 # Test 10 · Heat and temperature: how things warm and cool why does the metal bench feel colder than the wooden one when they're both out in the cold **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** metal bench, they · **What happens:** feel, be · **To what, where:** cold This is test 10 of lesson 82 «Heat and temperature: how things warm and cool» 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/82-heat-and-temperature/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:82-heat-and-temperature:t10:1 # text = why does the metal bench feel colder than the wooden one when they're both out in the cold 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 colder cold ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 xcomp _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 both both ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 out out ADV RB _ 6 advcl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present · do-support | the metal bench | | | | | cold *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | present | they | | | the cold | | both, out *property* | tree rules | 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} Wood makes its own heat from the sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:82-heat-and-temperature:t10:o1:1 # text = Wood makes its own heat from the sun 1 Wood wood 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 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Wood | Wood's own heat | | the sun | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset heat=Product from sun=Material | | 2 | **heat** | | Wood | | | | | | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Metal is always much colder than wood outside ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:82-heat-and-temperature:t10:o2:1 # text = Metal is always much colder than wood outside 1 Metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 colder cold ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 outside outside ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Metal | | | | | than wood; cold, outside *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Metal pulls cold in from the air around it ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:82-heat-and-temperature:t10:o3:1 # text = Metal pulls cold in from the air around it 1 Metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 pulls pull VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 around around ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | present | Metal | | | the air | | around air; cold *property* | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Metal conducts heat away from your skin faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:82-heat-and-temperature:t10:o4:1 # text = Metal conducts heat away from your skin faster 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 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **heat away** | present | Metal conducts | | | your skin | | away, fast *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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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