--- title: If you sealed a jar of water and left it in the sun, why would drops… — Water: the most amazing liquid · tree and pragmatics description: If you sealed a jar of water and left it in the sun, why would drops form on the lid? Test 11 · ★★★ 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 right. --- [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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★★ · Water: the most amazing liquid If you sealed a jar of water and left it in the sun, why would drops form on the lid? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, drops · **What happens:** seal, leave, form · **To what, where:** jar, sun, lid This is test 11 · ★★★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t11:1 # text = If you sealed a jar of water and left it in the sun, why would drops form on the lid? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sealed seal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 jar jar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 drops drop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 form form VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seal** | past | you | a jar of water | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jar=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | past | you *not said here* | jar | | the sun | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in sun=Location | | 3 | **form** | would | drops | | | the lid | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on lid=Location | 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} The lid sweats like a person does ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t11:o1:1 # text = The lid sweats like a person does 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sweats sweat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 like like SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sweat** | present | the lid | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | present | a person | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Water evaporates and condenses on the cooler lid ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t11:o2:1 # text = Water evaporates and condenses on the cooler lid 1 Water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 evaporates evaporate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 condenses condense VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 cooler cool ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **evaporate** | present | Water | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **condense** | present | Water *not said here* | | | the cooler lid | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Rain gets in through the glass ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t11:o3:1 # text = Rain gets in through the glass 1 Rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get in** | present | Rain | | | the glass | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through glass=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} The lid melts in the sunshine ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t11:o4:1 # text = The lid melts in the sunshine 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 melts melt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | present | the lid | | | the sunshine | | | 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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