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Test 8 · ★ · Floating in the real world: ice, submarines and balloons

You push a resting paper clip through the water's skin. What happens?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: You · What happens: push, rest, happen · To what, where: resting paper clip, skin

This is test 8 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: You push a resting paper clip through the water's skin.

nsubjdetamodcompoundobjcasedetnmod:posscaseoblpunctrootYouPRONpushVERBaDETrestingVERBpaperNOUNclipNOUNthroughADPtheDETwaterNOUN'sPARTskinNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs2 pushnsubj
2pushpushVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 clipdet
4restingrestVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 clipamod
5paperpaperNOUNNumber=Sing6 clipcompound
6clipclipNOUNNumber=Sing2 pushobj
7throughthroughADP_11 skincase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 waterdet
9waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing11 skinnmod:poss
10's'sPART_9 watercase
11skinskinNOUNNumber=Sing2 pushobl
12..PUNCT_2 pushpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pushpresentYoua resting paper clipthe water's skinvn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent clip=Theme through skin=Trajectory
2restgerundvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: What happens?

nsubjpunctrootWhatPRONhappensVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int2 happensnsubj
2happenshappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3??PUNCT_2 happenspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpresentvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

It stays hanging halfway down the glass

nsubjxcompadvmodcasedetoblrootItPRONstaysVERBhangingVERBhalfwayADVdownADPtheDETglassNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 staysnsubj
2staysstayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3hanginghangVERBVerbForm=Ger2 staysxcomp
4halfwayhalfwayADV_3 hangingadvmod
5downdownADP_7 glasscase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 glassdet
7glassglassNOUNNumber=Sing3 hangingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1staypresentIttree rules
2hanggerundthe glasshalfway propertyvn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme down glass=Destination

Option 2

It jumps right out of the water again

nsubjadvmodcasecasedetobladvmodrootItPRONjumpsVERBrightADVoutADPofADPtheDETwaterNOUNagainADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 jumpsnsubj
2jumpsjumpVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3rightrightADV_2 jumpsadvmod
4outoutADP_7 watercase
5ofofADP_7 watercase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 waterdet
7waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing2 jumpsobl
8againagainADV_2 jumpsadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1jumppresentItthe wateragainright propertyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out water=Trajectory

Option 3

It floats back up to the surface

nsubjadvmodadvmodcasedetoblrootItPRONfloatsVERBbackADVupADVtoADPtheDETsurfaceNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 floatsnsubj
2floatsfloatVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3backbackADV_4 upadvmod
4upupADV_2 floatsadvmod
5totoADP_7 surfacecase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 surfacedet
7surfacesurfaceNOUNNumber=Sing2 floatsobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1floatpresentItthe surfacevn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to surface=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It sinks straight to the bottom

nsubjadvmodcasedetoblrootItPRONsinksVERBstraightADVtoADPtheDETbottomNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 sinksnsubj
2sinkssinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3straightstraightADV_2 sinksadvmod
4totoADP_6 bottomcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 bottomdet
6bottombottomNOUNNumber=Sing2 sinksobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sinkpresentItto the bottom; straight propertyvn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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