--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Water safety and the ocean · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the pressure exerted by water at increasing depth? Exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Water safety and the ocean» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/13-water-safety-and-the-ocean/e1/) [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/) / [Water safety and the ocean](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/13-water-safety-and-the-ocean/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Water safety and the ocean Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the pressure exerted by water at increasing depth? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, exert, increase · **To what, where:** pressure, depth This is exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Water safety and the ocean» 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/13-water-safety-and-the-ocean/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:13-water-safety-and-the-ocean:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the pressure exerted by water at increasing depth? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pressure pressure NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 exerted exert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 14 at at SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 increasing increase VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 16 depth depth NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the pressure | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **exert** | participle | | the pressure *not said here* | | | | by water | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **increase** | gerund | | depth | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer depth=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} It is exerted only upon the surface ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:13-water-safety-and-the-ocean:e1:o1:1 # text = It is exerted only upon the surface 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 exerted exert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exert** | present · passive | | It | | | | upon the surface | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It increases with the depth of water above ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:13-water-safety-and-the-ocean:e1:o2:1 # text = It increases with the depth of water above 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 increases increase VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 depth depth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 above above ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **increase** | present | It | | | | | with the depth of water; above *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} It remains uniform at all depths ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:13-water-safety-and-the-ocean:e1:o3:1 # text = It remains uniform at all depths 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 uniform uniform NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 depths depth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | present | It | uniform | | all depths | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme uniform=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} It diminishes with the depth of water above ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:13-water-safety-and-the-ocean:e1:o4:1 # text = It diminishes with the depth of water above 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 diminishes diminish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 depth depth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 above above ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **diminish** | present | It | | | | | with the depth of water; above *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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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