--- title: If crisps were packed with ordinary air instead of nitrogen, what mi… — The air we breathe · tree and pragmatics description: If crisps were packed with ordinary air instead of nitrogen, what might happen? Test 2 · ★★ 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. --- [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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · The air we breathe If crisps were packed with ordinary air instead of nitrogen, what might happen? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nitrogen · **What happens:** pack, happen · **To what, where:** crisps This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t2:1 # text = If crisps were packed with ordinary air instead of nitrogen, what might happen? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 crisps crisp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 packed pack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 ordinary ordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 10 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 nitrogen nitrogen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 nsubj _ _ 13 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pack** | past · passive | | crisps | | | | with ordinary air; instead nitrogen | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with air=Theme | | 2 | **happen** | might | nitrogen | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They would get heavier ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t2:o1:1 # text = They would get heavier 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | They | | | | | heavy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} They would turn into popcorn ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t2:o2:1 # text = They would turn into popcorn 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 popcorn popcorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | They | | | popcorn | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into popcorn=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They might go stale faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t2:o3:1 # text = They might go stale faster 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 stale stale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | might | They | | | | | fast, stale *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They would stay fresh longer ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t2:o4:1 # text = They would stay fresh longer 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | would | They | | | | | fresh, long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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