--- title: Pond skater in a cartoon walks on water by magic. What's the real tr… — Water: the most amazing liquid · tree and pragmatics description: Pond skater in a cartoon walks on water by magic. What's the real trick? Test 7 · ★★★ 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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★★ · Water: the most amazing liquid Pond skater in a cartoon walks on water by magic. What's the real trick? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Pond skater, real trick · **What happens:** walk, be · **To what, where:** water This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Pond skater in a cartoon walks on water by magic. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t7:1 # text = Pond skater in a cartoon walks on water by magic. 1 Pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 skater skater NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present | Pond skater in a cartoon | | | water | | by magic | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on water=Trajectory | 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 trick? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t7:2 # text = What's the real trick? 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 trick trick 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 trick | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It flaps its tiny wings very fast to hover ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t7:o1:1 # text = It flaps its tiny wings very fast to hover 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flaps flap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 hover hover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flap** | present | It | its tiny wings | | | | fast *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient | | 2 | **hover** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It stands on the water's surface skin ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t7:o2:1 # text = It stands on the water's surface skin 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | It | | | the water's surface skin | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on skin=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} It walks on hidden floating leaves ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t7:o3:1 # text = It walks on hidden floating leaves 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 floating float VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present | It | | | hidden floating leaves | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leaf=Trajectory | | 2 | **float** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Its feet are full of helium ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:t7:o4:1 # text = Its feet are full of helium 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 helium helium NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Its feet | | | | | of helium; full *property* | tree rules | **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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