--- title: "all that air on top of me weighs loads? then why don't I get squash… — The air we breathe · tree and pragmatics description: "all that air on top of me weighs loads? then why don't I get squashed lol" Test 6 · ★★ 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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · The air we breathe "all that air on top of me weighs loads? then why don't I get squashed lol" **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** air · **What happens:** weigh, not squash · **To what, where:** loads, I This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t6:1 # text = "all that air on top of me weighs loads? then why don't I get squashed lol" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 weighs weigh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 loads load NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 13 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 14 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 15 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 get get AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 squashed squash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 amod _ _ 19 lol lol NOUN NN _ 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weigh** *in a quote* | present | all air on top of me | loads | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **squash** *in a quote* | present · passive · do-support | | I | | | then | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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} Air only presses on tall people ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t6:o1:1 # text = Air only presses on tall people 1 Air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 presses press VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press** | present | Air | | | | | on tall people | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on people=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Air presses from all sides, even from inside ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t6:o2:1 # text = Air presses from all sides, even from inside 1 Air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 presses press VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 inside inside ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press** | present | Air | | | all sides | | inside *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Air weighs nothing at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t6:o3:1 # text = Air weighs nothing at all 1 Air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 weighs weigh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weigh** | present | Air | nothing | | all | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme at all=Value | ### Option 4 {#o4} Your skin is too tough and thick to feel it at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:t6:o4:1 # text = Your skin is too tough and thick to feel it at all 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 tough tough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Your skin | | | | | tough *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Your skin *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **feel** | to-infinitive | Your skin *not said here* | skin | | all | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme at all=Location | **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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