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title: In an old diving bell, people kept dry under water. How? — The air we breathe · tree and pragmatics
description: In an old diving bell, people kept dry under water. How? Test 11 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · The air we breathe

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In an old diving bell, people kept dry under water. How?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** people · **What happens:** keep · **To what, where:** old diving bell

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This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In an old diving bell, people kept dry under water.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t11:1
# text = In an old diving bell, people kept dry under water.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	diving	diving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | people |  |  | a old diving bell |  | under water; dry *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bell=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* How?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t11:2
# text = How?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Air trapped inside kept the water out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t11:o1:1
# text = Air trapped inside kept the water out
1	Air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	trapped	trap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trap** | participle |  | Air *not said here* |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep out** | past | Air | the water |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The water was frozen solid all around it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t11:o2:1
# text = The water was frozen solid all around it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	around	around	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | past · passive |  | the water |  | it |  | all, solid *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Magnets pushed the water away from it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t11:o3:1
# text = Magnets pushed the water away from it
1	Magnets	magnet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push away** | past | Magnets | the water |  | water |  | away *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent water=Theme from it=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The bell was filled with dry sponges

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t11:o4:1
# text = The bell was filled with dry sponges
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sponges	sponge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | past · passive |  | the bell |  |  |  | with dry sponges | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with sponge=Instrument |

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