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Test 1 · ★ · Floating and sinking: the push of water

An egg sinks in a glass of tap water. You stir in lots of salt and the egg rises. Why?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: egg, You · What happens: sink, stir, rise · To what, where: glass, lots

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 83 «Floating and sinking: the push of water» 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

Sentence 1: An egg sinks in a glass of tap water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 egg	det
2	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sinks	nsubj
3	sinks	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 glass	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 glass	det
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sinks	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 water	compound
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 glass	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	present	a egg			a glass of tap water			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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: You stir in lots of salt and the egg rises.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 stir	nsubj
2	stir	stir	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 lots	case
4	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stir	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 salt	case
6	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lots	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 rises	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 egg	det
9	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rises	nsubj
10	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 stir	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stir	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stir	present	You			lots of salt			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lot=Location
2	rise	present	the egg						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

The stirring pushes the egg up for good and it stays there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stirring	det
2	stirring	stirring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushes	nsubj
3	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 egg	det
5	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushes	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	3 pushes	compound:prt
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 good	case
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pushes	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stays	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stays	nsubj
11	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pushes	conj
12	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 stays	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push up	present	the stirring	the egg				for good	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme
2	stay	present	stirring			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The salt makes the egg lighter inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 salt	det
2	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 egg	det
5	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
6	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 makes	xcomp
7	inside	inside	ADV	_	3 makes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the salt	the egg				inside, light property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset egg=Product

Option 3

The salt sticks to the egg and lifts it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 salt	det
2	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sticks	nsubj
3	sticks	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 egg	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 egg	det
6	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sticks	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lifts	cc
8	lifts	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sticks	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lifts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	present	the salt					to the egg	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to egg=Co-Patient
2	lift	present	the salt not said here	salt					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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

The salty water pushes up harder on the egg

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 water	det
2	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 water	amod
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pushes	nsubj
4	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 pushes	compound:prt
6	harder	hard	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 pushes	advmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 egg	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 egg	det
9	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pushes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push up	present	the salty water					on the egg; hard property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on egg=Theme

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