--- title: You put marbles one by one into a clay boat. What happens at last? — Floating and sinking: the push of the… · tree and pragmatics description: You put marbles one by one into a clay boat. What happens at last? Test 6 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 wrong. --- [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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · Floating and sinking: the push of the water You put marbles one by one into a clay boat. What happens at last? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** put, happen · **To what, where:** marbles, clay boat, last This is test 6 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* You put marbles one by one into a clay boat. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:t6:1 # text = You put marbles one by one into a clay boat. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 marbles marble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nmod _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nmod _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | You | marbles one by one | | a clay boat | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent marble=Goal | 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 happens at last? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:t6:2 # text = What happens at last? 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 _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | last | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at last=Location | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It floats higher and higher in the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:t6:o1:1 # text = It floats higher and higher in the water 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 _ _ 3 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | present | It | | | the water | | high *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} It turns into a ball ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:t6:o2:1 # text = It turns into a ball 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | It | | | a ball | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into ball=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} The marbles float out ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:t6:o3:1 # text = The marbles float out 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 marbles marble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 float float VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float out** | present | the marbles | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It sinks once it gets too heavy ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:t6:o4:1 # text = It sinks once it gets too heavy 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 once once SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | present | It | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **get** | present | it | | | | | heavy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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