--- title: An egg sinks in your glass. You stir in lots of salt. What happens? — Floating and sinking: the push of the… · tree and pragmatics description: An egg sinks in your glass. You stir in lots of salt. What happens? Test 3 of lesson 11 «Floating and sinking: the push of the water» of the physics 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/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/t3/) [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/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Floating and sinking: the push of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/) / t3 # Test 3 · Floating and sinking: the push of the water An egg sinks in your glass. You stir in lots of salt. What happens? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** egg, You · **What happens:** sink, stir, happen · **To what, where:** glass, lots This is test 3 of lesson 11 «Floating and sinking: the push of the water» of the physics 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/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An egg sinks in your glass. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:t3:1 # text = An egg sinks in your glass. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sinks sink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | present | a egg | | | your glass | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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:* You stir in lots of salt. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:t3:2 # text = You stir in lots of salt. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stir stir VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stir** | present | You | | | lots of salt | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lot=Location | *Sentence 3:* What happens? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:t3:3 # text = What happens? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It sinks faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:t3:o1:1 # text = It sinks faster 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sinks sink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | present | It | | | | | fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It floats ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:t3:o2:1 # text = It floats 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 floats float 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 | **float** | present | It | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It cracks ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:t3:o3:1 # text = It cracks 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cracks crack 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 | **crack** | present | It | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It dissolves ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:t3:o4:1 # text = It dissolves 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 dissolves dissolve 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 | **dissolve** | present | It | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «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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