Test 4 · ★ · Floating in the real world: ice, submarines and balloons

Mia says oil sinks cos it's thick and heavy. right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia, oil · What happens: say, sink, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 12 «Floating in the real world: ice, submarines and balloons» of the physics 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sinks	nsubj
4	sinks	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	8 thick	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 thick	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 thick	cop
8	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sinks	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 heavy	cc
10	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thick	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sinks	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	4 sinks	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mia		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sink	present	oil		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	is	present	oil	thick property	tree rules
4	be		oil not said here		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

Option 1

Yes, thick and heavy liquids always sink to the bottom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 thick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 thick	punct
3	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 liquids	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 heavy	cc
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thick	conj
6	liquids	liquid	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sink	nsubj
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 sink	advmod
8	sink	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 bottom	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bottom	det
11	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	present	thick liquids					to the bottom; always property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, oil floats because it is lighter for its size

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 floats	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 floats	punct
3	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 floats	nsubj
4	floats	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 lighter	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lighter	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lighter	cop
8	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 floats	advcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 size	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 size	nmod:poss
11	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lighter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	oil						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	oil					for oil's size; light property	tree rules

Option 3

No, oil floats because it is hot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 floats	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 floats	punct
3	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 floats	nsubj
4	floats	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 hot	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hot	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hot	cop
8	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 floats	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	oil						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	oil					hot property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, oil sinks in the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 oil	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sinks	nsubj
4	sinks	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sinks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	present	oil			the sea			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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