Question: Four identical candles are set on a safe surface and lit. One is covered with a small-sized jar, one is covered with a large-sized jar, and one candle is left in the open. A fourth lit candle is placed in a vacuum. Which candle will most likely stay lit the longest?
Answer: the candle left out in the open
Hypothesis: the candle left out in the open stay burning the longest
Supporting facts: sent1: matter in the gas phase has variable volume sent2: to exhale means to release sent3: amount of daylight means length of daylight sent4: to be released is similar to escape sent5: as the amount of oxygen exposed to a fire increases the fire will burn longer sent6: to last longer means to be available longer sent7: a lit candle is left out in the open sent8: a lit candle is covered in a large jar sent9: a lit candle is on fire sent10: a lit candle is covered in a small jar sent11: a vacuum has no matter in it sent12: killing means changing a living thing from alive to dead by harming sent13: a measure of time is a length of time sent14: combustion is a kind of chemical change sent15: if something is left out in the open then that something is exposed to oxygen sent16: the fourth lit candle is placed in a vaccum sent17: left out of means moved from sent18: combustion means fire converts chemical energy into light energy and heat energy sent19: if something is covered in a close space, then it is exposed to limited oxygen sent20: the length of time of a substance burning can be used to measure the amount of the chemical energy in the substance sent21: a fire requires oxygen to burn sent22: how long something takes is a kind of measurement of time sent23: an animal / bacterium requires oxygen for survival / to breathe sent24: oxygen is a kind of matter sent25: amount is a property of something and includes ordered values of none / least / little / some / half / much / many / most / all
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] if something is left out in the open then that something is exposed to oxygen [AND] a lit candle is left out in the open [INFER] int1: the lit candle left out in the open is exposed to unlimited oxygen [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] as the amount of oxygen exposed to a fire increases the fire will burn longer [AND] a lit candle is on fire [INFER] int2: the candle that is left out in the open will keep burning [BECAUSE] if something is covered in a close space, then it is exposed to limited oxygen [AND] a lit candle is covered in a large jar [INFER] int3: the lit candle covered in a large jar is exposed to a limited amount of oxygen [BECAUSE] int3 [AND] as the amount of oxygen exposed to a fire increases the fire will burn longer [AND] a lit candle is on fire [INFER] int4: the candle that is covered in a large jar will burn for a limited amount of time [BECAUSE] a lit candle is covered in a small jar [AND] if something is covered in a close space, then it is exposed to limited oxygen [INFER] int5: the lit candle covered in a small jar is exposed to a limited amount of oxygen [BECAUSE] int5 [AND] as the amount of oxygen exposed to a fire increases the fire will burn longer [AND] a lit candle is on fire [INFER] int6: the candle that is covered in a small jar will burn for a limited amount of time [BECAUSE] a vacuum has no matter in it [AND] oxygen is a kind of matter [INFER] int7: a vaccum has no oxygen in it [BECAUSE] int7 [AND] a fire requires oxygen to burn [INFER] int8: a fire cannot burn in a vaccum [BECAUSE] int8 [AND] the fourth lit candle is placed in a vaccum [AND] a lit candle is on fire [INFER] int9: the fourth candle will stop burning when it's placed in the vaccum [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] int4 [AND] int6 [AND] int9 [INFER] int10: the candle left out in the open stay burning the longest