--- title: It is given that a quantity of salt is dissolved in water in which a… — Floating and sinking: the push of the… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a quantity of salt is dissolved in water in which an egg has sunk. Ascertain the consequence. 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Ascertain the consequence. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, dissolve, sink, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, quantity, water, egg, consequence This is exam question 3 of lesson 11 «Floating and sinking: the push of the water» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a quantity of salt is dissolved in water in which an egg has sunk. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:e3:1 # text = It is given that a quantity of salt is dissolved in water in which an egg has sunk. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 quantity quantity NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 dissolved dissolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 obl _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 sunk sink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **dissolve** | present · passive | | a quantity of salt | | water | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **sink** | present · perfect · passive | | a egg | | water | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: 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. *Sentence 2:* Ascertain the consequence. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:e3:2 # text = Ascertain the consequence. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the consequence | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The egg descends more rapidly ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:e3:o1:1 # text = The egg descends more rapidly 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 descends descend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 rapidly rapidly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **descend** | present | the egg | | | | | rapidly *property* | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The water becomes lighter ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:e3:o2:1 # text = The water becomes lighter 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 lighter light ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | the water | | | | | light *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The egg rises to float ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:e3:o3:1 # text = The egg rises to float 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rises rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 float float VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | present | the egg | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **float** | to-infinitive | the egg *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The egg becomes heavier ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:e3:o4:1 # text = The egg becomes heavier 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | the egg | | | | | heavy *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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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