Test 13 · ★ · Floating and sinking: the push of water

my brother reckons it's easier to float in a pool than in the sea. right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother · What happens: reckon, be, float · To what, where: pool

This is test 13 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 easier	advcl
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 easier	expl
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 easier	cop
6	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 float	mark
8	float	float	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 easier	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 pool	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pool	det
11	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 float	obl
12	than	than	ADP	_	15 sea	case
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 sea	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sea	det
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 float	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 easier	punct
17	right	right	INTJ	_	6 easier	discourse
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 easier	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	my brother			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present			easy property	tree rules
3	float	to-infinitive		a pool	than the sea	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pool=Trajectory

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, but only if the pool is heated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 heated	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 heated	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 heated	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 heated	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pool	det
7	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heated	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 heated	aux:pass
9	heated	heat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat	present · passive		the pool					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 2

No, both give exactly the same upthrust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 give	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 give	nsubj
4	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	8 upthrust	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 upthrust	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 upthrust	amod
8	upthrust	upthrust	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	both	the same upthrust					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent upthrust=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, fresh water pushes up harder than salt water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 pushes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pushes	nsubj
5	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 pushes	compound:prt
7	harder	hard	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 pushes	advmod
8	than	than	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 water	compound
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 harder	obl

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, salt water gives more upthrust than fresh water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 water	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 water	compound
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gives	nsubj
5	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 upthrust	amod
7	upthrust	upthrust	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gives	obj
8	than	than	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 water	amod
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 upthrust	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	salt water	more upthrust				than fresh water	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent upthrust=Theme

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