--- title: Which shows that water grows bigger when it freezes? — Floating in the real world: ice, subma… · tree and pragmatics description: Which shows that water grows bigger when it freezes? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 12 «Floating in the real world: ice, submarines and balloons» 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/12-ice-submarines-and-balloons/t11/) [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 in the real world: ice, subma…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/12-ice-submarines-and-balloons/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Floating in the real world: ice, submarines and balloons Which shows that water grows bigger when it freezes? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** water · **What happens:** show, grow, freeze · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 12 «Floating in the real world: ice, submarines and balloons» 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/12-ice-submarines-and-balloons/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:12-ice-submarines-and-balloons:t11:1 # text = Which shows that water grows bigger when it freezes? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 xcomp _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 freezes freeze VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **grow** | present | that water | | | | | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **freeze** | present | water | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Rain falls from clouds ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:12-ice-submarines-and-balloons:t11:o1:1 # text = Rain falls from clouds 1 Rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | present | Rain | | | clouds | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from cloud=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Ice cubes melt quickly when you drop them in a warm drink ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:12-ice-submarines-and-balloons:t11:o2:1 # text = Ice cubes melt quickly when you drop them in a warm drink 1 Ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 cubes cube NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 melt melt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 drop drop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | present | Ice cubes | | | | | quickly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **drop** | present | you | cubes *= cube* | | a warm drink | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in drink=Destination | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A full bottle left in the freezer can crack ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:12-ice-submarines-and-balloons:t11:o3:1 # text = A full bottle left in the freezer can crack 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 freezer freezer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 crack crack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | participle | | a full bottle *not said here* | | | | in the freezer *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in freezer=Result | | 2 | **crack** | can | a full bottle | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Snow is white and soft ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:12-ice-submarines-and-balloons:t11:o4:1 # text = Snow is white and soft 1 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Snow | | | | | white *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Snow *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | **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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