--- title: Identify the principal agency whereby a beverage is caused to ascend… — The air presses on everything · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal agency whereby a beverage is caused to ascend a drinking straw. Exam question 1 of lesson 14 «The air presses on everything» 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/14-the-air-presses-on-everything/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/) / [The air presses on everything](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/14-the-air-presses-on-everything/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The air presses on everything Identify the principal agency whereby a beverage is caused to ascend a drinking straw. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, beverage · **What happens:** identify, cause, ascend · **To what, where:** principal agency, beverage, drinking straw This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «The air presses on everything» 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/14-the-air-presses-on-everything/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal agency whereby a beverage is caused to ascend a drinking straw. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 agency agency NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 whereby whereby ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 beverage beverage NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 ascend ascend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 drinking drinking NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal agency | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent agency=Theme | | 2 | **cause** | present · passive | | a beverage | | | | whereby *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **ascend** | to-infinitive | a beverage *not said here* | a drinking straw | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme straw=Trajectory | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} An attractive force exerted by the mouth directly upon the liquid in the cup ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:e1:o1:1 # text = An attractive force exerted by the mouth directly upon the liquid in the cup 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 attractive attractive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 4 exerted exert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 directly directly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 liquid liquid NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exert** | participle | | a attractive force *not said here* | | | | by the mouth | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The pressure exerted by the surrounding atmosphere upon the beverage ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:e1:o2:1 # text = The pressure exerted by the surrounding atmosphere upon the beverage 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pressure pressure NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 exerted exert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 surrounding surround VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 7 atmosphere atmosphere NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 beverage beverage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exert** | participle | | the pressure *not said here* | | | | by the surrounding atmosphere upon the beverage | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **surround** | gerund | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The elasticity of the material of the straw ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:e1:o3:1 # text = The elasticity of the material of the straw 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 elasticity elasticity NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 material material NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The intrinsic buoyancy of the beverage in air ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:e1:o4:1 # text = The intrinsic buoyancy of the beverage in air 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 intrinsic intrinsic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 buoyancy buoyancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 beverage beverage NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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