--- title: What would happen if you left a bowl of seawater on a sunny windowsi… — Water, deserts and the shape of the land · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you left a bowl of seawater on a sunny windowsill for a week? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 16 «Water, deserts and the shape of the land» of the myths 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/myths/16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land/t5/) [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/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [Water, deserts and the shape of the land](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Water, deserts and the shape of the land What would happen if you left a bowl of seawater on a sunny windowsill for a week? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, leave · **To what, where:** bowl, sunny windowsill This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 16 «Water, deserts and the shape of the land» of the myths 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/myths/16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t5:1 # text = What would happen if you left a bowl of seawater on a sunny windowsill for a week? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 seawater seawater NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 sunny sunny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 windowsill windowsill NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **leave** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | a bowl of seawater | | a sunny windowsill | week | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bowl=Theme on windowsill=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The salt would go off and leave fresh water ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t5:o1:1 # text = The salt would go off and leave fresh water 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go off** | would | the salt | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | infinitive | the salt *not said here* | fresh water | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The water would slowly turn into a block of ice ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t5:o2:1 # text = The water would slowly turn into a block of ice 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 block block NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | the water | | | a block of ice | | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into block=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The water would go and leave salt behind ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t5:o3:1 # text = The water would go and leave salt behind 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 7 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 behind behind ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | would | the water | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | infinitive | the water *not said here* | salt | | | | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing, because seawater never evaporates ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t5:o4:1 # text = Nothing, because seawater never evaporates 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 4 seawater seawater NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 evaporates evaporate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **evaporate** | present | Nothing | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «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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