--- title: Josh: "ice floats cos it's got air in it, that's all". What's the re… — Water: the most amazing liquid · tree and pragmatics description: Josh: "ice floats cos it's got air in it, that's all". What's the real reason? Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 34 «Water: the most amazing liquid» 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/34-water-amazing-liquid/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/) / [Water: the most amazing liquid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/34-water-amazing-liquid/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★★ · Water: the most amazing liquid Josh: "ice floats cos it's got air in it, that's all". What's the real reason? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Josh ice, ice, real reason · **What happens:** float, get, be · **To what, where:** air This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 34 «Water: the most amazing liquid» 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/34-water-amazing-liquid/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Josh: "ice floats cos it's got air in it, that's all". ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t1:1 # text = Josh: "ice floats cos it's got air in it, that's all". 1 Josh Josh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 floats float VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 10 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** *in a quote* | present | Josh ice | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | ice | air | | air | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer air=Stimulus | 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 the real reason? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t1:2 # text = What's the real reason? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the real reason | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Ice is made of lighter water from clouds ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t1:o1:1 # text = Ice is made of lighter water from clouds 1 Ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 lighter light ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · passive | | Ice | | clouds | | of lighter water | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from cloud=Material | ### Option 2 {#o2} He's right, only air bubbles do it ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t1:o2:1 # text = He's right, only air bubbles do it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 bubbles bubble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | present | air bubbles | it | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Ice is pulled up to the top by the cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t1:o3:1 # text = Ice is pulled up to the top by the cold 1 Ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 pulled pull VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull up** | present · passive | the cold | Ice | | the top | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to top=Destination | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Water spreads out when it freezes ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t1:o4:1 # text = Water spreads out when it freezes 1 Water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spreads spread VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 freezes freeze VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread out** | present | Water | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **freeze** | present | Water | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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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