--- title: In a cartoon, a dam is built thin at the bottom and thick at the top… — Water safety and the ocean · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon, a dam is built thin at the bottom and thick at the top. What is wrong? Test 7 · ★★★ 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; 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/13-water-safety-and-the-ocean/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★★ · Water safety and the ocean In a cartoon, a dam is built thin at the bottom and thick at the top. What is wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** build, be · **To what, where:** dam, cartoon This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 13 «Water safety and the ocean» 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/13-water-safety-and-the-ocean/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a dam is built thin at the bottom and thick at the top. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:13-water-safety-and-the-ocean:t7:1 # text = In a cartoon, a dam is built thin at the bottom and thick at the top. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dam dam NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | present · passive | | a dam | | a cartoon | | at the bottom; thin *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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 is wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:13-water-safety-and-the-ocean:t7:2 # text = What is wrong? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The water presses hardest at the bottom ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:13-water-safety-and-the-ocean:t7:o1:1 # text = The water presses hardest at the bottom 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 presses press VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 hardest hard ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press** | present | the water | hardest | | the bottom | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hard=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing, because that is the right shape for a dam ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:13-water-safety-and-the-ocean:t7:o2:1 # text = Nothing, because that is the right shape for a dam 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 dam dam NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | that | the right shape | | | | for a dam | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Water presses hardest at the top ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:13-water-safety-and-the-ocean:t7:o3:1 # text = Water presses hardest at the top 1 Water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 presses press VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 hardest hard ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press** | present | Water | hardest | | the top | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hard=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Dams do not hold any water ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:13-water-safety-and-the-ocean:t7:o4:1 # text = Dams do not hold any water 1 Dams dam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hold** | present · do-support | Dams | any water | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=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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