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This doesn't' seem to be a transitivity issue. Rather, this seems to rest on the fact that the same adjectives have different meanings, and the different meanings fall into different parts of the hierarchy. But I'm not sure.
First, I guess I should clear up that we're talking about commutativity, not transitivity.
I think it is an example of non-commutativity. It's exactly the same words with the order switched, and the meaning changes. However, you're also right to point out that the meaning of the word "hot" is changing even though the word itself is not.
Here's an example of non-commutativity in which the words' individual meanings stay the same, but the overall meaning changes.
"I remember my good first attempt."
"I remember my first good attempt."
Yes, I meant transitivity, as in the correct seeming order for adjectives A,B,C seems in pairs to be AB, BC,CA.
Oh, I see. Sorry I missed the point. I don't have any examples of examples of that.