--- title: In a space film a spaceship explodes with a huge boom. What is wrong… — What sound is: wobbles in the air · tree and pragmatics description: In a space film a spaceship explodes with a huge boom. What is wrong with that? Test 1 of lesson 17 «What sound is: wobbles in the air» 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/17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air/t1/) [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/) / [What sound is: wobbles in the air](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air/) / t1 # Test 1 · What sound is: wobbles in the air In a space film a spaceship explodes with a huge boom. What is wrong with that? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** spaceship · **What happens:** explode, be · **To what, where:** space film This is test 1 of lesson 17 «What sound is: wobbles in the air» 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/17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a space film a spaceship explodes with a huge boom. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t1:1 # text = In a space film a spaceship explodes with a huge boom. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 spaceship spaceship NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 explodes explode VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 boom boom NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explode** | present | a spaceship | | | a space film | | with a huge boom | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Location | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is wrong with that? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t1:2 # text = What is wrong with that? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | with that; wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nothing, explosions are always loud ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t1:o1:1 # text = Nothing, explosions are always loud 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 explosions explosion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nothing explosions | | | | | always, loud *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} There is no air in space to carry sound ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t1:o2:1 # text = There is no air in space to carry sound 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | no air | | | space; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in space=Location | | 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive | no air *not said here* | sound | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Space makes sounds louder, not quieter ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t1:o3:1 # text = Space makes sounds louder, not quieter 1 Space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 sounds sound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 quieter quiet ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Space | sounds | | | | loud, quiet *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only small explosions are silent in space ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t1:o4:1 # text = Only small explosions are silent in space 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 explosions explosion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | small explosions | | | space | | silent *property* | tree rules | **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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