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title: Ugh my juice box straw keeps just gurgling, nothing comes up. What's… — The air presses on everything · tree and pragmatics
description: Ugh my juice box straw keeps just gurgling, nothing comes up. What's the likely problem? Test 4 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 4 · The air presses on everything

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Ugh my juice box straw keeps just gurgling, nothing comes up. What's the likely problem?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** box straw, nothing, likely problem · **What happens:** keep, gurgle, come up, be

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ugh my juice box straw keeps just gurgling, nothing comes up.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t4:1
# text = Ugh my juice box straw keeps just gurgling, nothing comes up.
1	Ugh	ugh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
3	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	gurgling	gurgle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	nsubj	_	_
11	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | my box straw |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **gurgle** | gerund | my box straw *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **come up** | present | nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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's the likely problem?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t4:2
# text = What's the likely problem?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the likely problem |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Straws only work if you suck with your teeth closed tight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t4:o1:1
# text = Straws only work if you suck with your teeth closed tight
1	Straws	straw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	suck	suck	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Straws |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **suck** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | with your teeth | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **close** | participle |  | your teeth *not said here* |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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There's a hole or split letting air into the straw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t4:o2:1
# text = There's a hole or split letting air into the straw
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	split	split	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	letting	let	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
8	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	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 | **does** | present | a hole or split |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **let** | gerund | a hole or split *not said here* | air |  | the straw |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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You need to blow hard into it first to get it going

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t4:o3:1
# text = You need to blow hard into it first to get it going
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	blow	blow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **blow** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  | it |  | first, hard *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into it=Product |
| 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The juice is too heavy to be pushed up such a thin straw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t4:o4:1
# text = The juice is too heavy to be pushed up such a thin straw
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	pushed	push	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	13	det:predet	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the juice |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **push up** | to-infinitive · passive | the juice *not said here* | such thin straw |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP» |

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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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