Test 11 · Solids, liquids and gases

can u squash air in a syringe if u block the end

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u · What happens: squash, block · To what, where: air, syringe, end

This is test 11 of lesson 11 «Solids, liquids and gases» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 squash	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 squash	nsubj
3	squash	squash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squash	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 syringe	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 syringe	det
7	syringe	syringe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squash	obl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 block	mark
9	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 block	nsubj
10	block	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 squash	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 end	det
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 block	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squash	can	u	air		a syringe			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent air=Theme in syringe=Trajectory
2	block a condition, not said to happen	present	u	the end					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer end=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yes, gases can be squashed into a smaller space

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 squashed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	gases	gas	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 squashed	nsubj:pass
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 squashed	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 squashed	aux:pass
6	squashed	squash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	10 space	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 space	det
9	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 space	amod
10	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 squashed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squash	can · passive		gases		a smaller space			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into space=Destination

Option 2

Only if the air is warm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	6 warm	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 warm	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 air	det
4	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warm	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 warm	cop
6	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the air					warm property	tree rules

Option 3

No, only water can be squashed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 squashed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 water	advmod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 squashed	nsubj:pass
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 squashed	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 squashed	aux:pass
7	squashed	squash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squash	can · passive		water					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

No, air can't be squashed at all, it just pushes back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 squashed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 squashed	nsubj:pass
4	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 squashed	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 squashed	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 squashed	aux:pass
7	squashed	squash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 squashed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 pushes	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 pushes	nsubj
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 pushes	advmod
13	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 squashed	conj
14	back	back	ADV	_	13 pushes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not squash	can · passive		air		all			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme at all=Trajectory
2	push back	present	air						vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

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