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title: In a cartoon a straw sucks up a whole pond from a long way off. What… — The air presses on everything · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a straw sucks up a whole pond from a long way off. What goes wrong in real life? Test 3 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.
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# Test 3 · The air presses on everything

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In a cartoon a straw sucks up a whole pond from a long way off. What goes wrong in real life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** straw · **What happens:** suck up, go · **To what, where:** whole pond, cartoon, real life

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This is test 3 of lesson 14 «The air presses on everything» 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/14-the-air-presses-on-everything/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a straw sucks up a whole pond from a long way off.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t3:1
# text = In a cartoon a straw sucks up a whole pond from a long way off.
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	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sucks	suck	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
15	off	off	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suck up** | present | a straw | a whole pond |  | a cartoon |  | from a long way; off *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent pond=Theme from way=Source |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What goes wrong in real life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t3:2
# text = What goes wrong in real life?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present |  |  |  | real life |  | wrong *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in life=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Even a perfect pump cannot lift water more than about 10 metres up a straw

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t3:o1:1
# text = Even a perfect pump cannot lift water more than about 10 metres up a straw
1	Even	even	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pump	pump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	obj	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **lift** | can | a perfect pump | water |  |  |  | up a straw | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent water=Theme more=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Real straws only work with cold water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t3:o2:1
# text = Real straws only work with cold water
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	straws	straw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Real straws |  |  |  |  | with cold water | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with water=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Straws can lift water as high as you like

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t3:o3:1
# text = Straws can lift water as high as you like
1	Straws	straw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | can | Straws | water |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 2 | **like** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Real straws work better the longer they are

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t3:o4:1
# text = Real straws work better the longer they are
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	straws	straw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Real straws |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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