--- title: How could you show that water has a skin? — The park pond through the year: ducks,… · tree and pragmatics description: How could you show that water has a skin? Test 8 of lesson 337 «The park pond through the year: ducks, coots, swans, dragonflies and ice» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The park pond through the year: ducks,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice/) / t8 # Test 8 · The park pond through the year: ducks, coots, swans, drago… How could you show that water has a skin? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, water · **What happens:** show, have · **To what, where:** skin · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 of lesson 337 «The park pond through the year: ducks, coots, swans, dragonflies and ice» of the biology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t8:1 # text = How could you show that water has a skin? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | could | you | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | present | that water | a skin | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Stir the water fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t8:o1:1 # text = Stir the water fast 1 Stir stir VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stir** | imperative | you *not said here* | the water | | | | fast *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus water=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Freeze the water in a tray ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t8:o2:1 # text = Freeze the water in a tray 1 Freeze freeze VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tray tray NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze** | imperative | you *not said here* | the water | | a tray | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient water=Result | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Lay a dry paperclip gently on the water and watch it float ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t8:o3:1 # text = Lay a dry paperclip gently on the water and watch it float 1 Lay lay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 paperclip paperclip NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 gently gently ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 watch watch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 float float VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | imperative | you *not said here* | a dry paperclip | | the water | | gently *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent paperclip=Theme on water=Destination | | 2 | **watch** | infinitive | you *not said here* | paperclip | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **float** | infinitive | paperclip *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Pour salt into a glass ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice:t8:o4:1 # text = Pour salt into a glass 1 Pour pour VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pour** | imperative | you *not said here* | salt | | a glass | | | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent salt=Theme into glass=Destination | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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