--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — The air presses on everything · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the atmosphere? Exam question 2 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 right. --- [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/e2/) [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/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The air presses on everything Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the atmosphere? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** atmosphere This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the atmosphere? 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 atmosphere atmosphere NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? 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 atmosphere | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It possesses weight and exerts pressure upon all surfaces ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:e2:o1:1 # text = It possesses weight and exerts pressure upon all surfaces 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 possesses possess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 exerts exert VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 pressure pressure NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 surfaces surface NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **possess** | present | It | weight | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot weight=Theme | | 2 | **exert** | present | | pressure | | | | upon all surfaces | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pressure=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is entirely devoid of weight ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:e2:o2:1 # text = It is entirely devoid of weight 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 devoid devoid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | of weight; devoid, entirely *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It exerts pressure solely in a downward direction, from the sky towards the ground ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:e2:o3:1 # text = It exerts pressure solely in a downward direction, from the sky towards the ground 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 exerts exert VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 pressure pressure NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 solely solely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 downward downward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 13 towards towards ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exert** | present | It | pressure | | a downward direction | | from the sky; towards the ground; solely *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pressure=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It exerts pressure solely upon liquids ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:e2:o4:1 # text = It exerts pressure solely upon liquids 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 exerts exert VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 pressure pressure NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 solely solely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 liquids liquid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exert** | present | It | pressure | | | | upon liquids; solely *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pressure=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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