--- title: Why does a life jacket help even someone who cannot swim? — Floating and sinking: the push of the… · tree and pragmatics description: Why does a life jacket help even someone who cannot swim? Test 9 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · Floating and sinking: the push of the water Why does a life jacket help even someone who cannot swim? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** life jacket · **What happens:** help, not swim · **To what, where:** someone This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:t9:1 # text = Why does a life jacket help even someone who cannot swim? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 jacket jacket NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 even even ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obj _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present · do-support | a life jacket | | someone | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Beneficiary | | 2 | **not** **swim** | can | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 {#o1} It teaches you how to swim as you go along ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:t9:o1:1 # text = It teaches you how to swim as you go along 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 teaches teach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 along along ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | It | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **swim** | to-infinitive | | | | | | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go along** | present | you | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It makes the water shallower ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:t9:o2:1 # text = It makes the water shallower 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 shallower shallow ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | the water | | | | shallow *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material water=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} It makes you lighter than air ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:t9:o3:1 # text = It makes you lighter than air 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 lighter light ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | you | | | | light *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It turns you face up and keeps you afloat ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:11-floating-and-sinking:t9:o4:1 # text = It turns you face up and keeps you afloat 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 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 face face VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 afloat afloat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | It | you | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **face up** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **keep** | present | | you | | | | afloat *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | **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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