--- title: Ava: "the glass is empty, there's nothing in it". What's true? — The air we breathe · tree and pragmatics description: Ava: "the glass is empty, there's nothing in it". What's true? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 33 «The air we breathe» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/33-the-air-we-breathe/t1/) [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/) / [Chemistry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/) / [The air we breathe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/33-the-air-we-breathe/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★ · The air we breathe Ava: "the glass is empty, there's nothing in it". What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** glass, nothing · **What happens:** be This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 33 «The air we breathe» of the chemistry 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/chemistry/33-the-air-we-breathe/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ava: "the glass is empty, there's nothing in it". ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t1:1 # text = Ava: "the glass is empty, there's nothing in it". 1 Ava Ava PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 10 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 11 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 10 nsubj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the glass | | | | | empty *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «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's true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t1:2 # text = What's true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} She's right, there is nothing at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t1:o1:1 # text = She's right, there is nothing at all 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ _ 6 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | present | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It is full of air, which takes up space ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t1:o2:1 # text = It is full of air, which takes up space 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | of air; full *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **take up** | present | | space | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent space=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is full of water vapour only ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t1:o3:1 # text = It is full of water vapour only 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 vapour vapour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | of water vapour; full *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is full of nitrogen only ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t1:o4:1 # text = It is full of nitrogen only 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 nitrogen nitrogen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | of nitrogen; full *property* | tree rules | **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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