--- title: What would happen if you tried the upside-down card trick with a ben… — The air presses on everything · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you tried the upside-down card trick with a bent, floppy card and a wobble? Test 5 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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · The air presses on everything What would happen if you tried the upside-down card trick with a bent, floppy card and a wobble? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, try · **To what, where:** upside down card trick This is test 5 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t5:1 # text = What would happen if you tried the upside-down card trick with a bent, floppy card and a wobble? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 8 upside upside NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 down down ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 card card NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 15 bent bent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 floppy floppy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 card card NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wobble wobble NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **try** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | the upside down card trick | | | | with a bent floppy card and a wobble | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.attribute»: agent=Agent trick=Patient with card=Theme | 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} The water would float up out of the glass ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t5:o1:1 # text = The water would float up out of the glass 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 float float VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float up** | would | the water | | | the glass | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out glass=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} The water would still stay in for ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t5:o2:1 # text = The water would still stay in for ever 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay in** | would | the water | | | | still | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Air gets in and the water pours out ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t5:o3:1 # text = Air gets in and the water pours out 1 Air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 pours pour VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get in** | present | Air | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **pour out** | present | the water | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} The card would stick even harder ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:14-the-air-presses-on-everything:t5:o4:1 # text = The card would stick even harder 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 card card NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stick stick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 even even ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick** | would | the card | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | **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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