--- title: me mate reckons whales just splash about, they can't hear each other… — What sound is: wobbles in the air · tree and pragmatics description: me mate reckons whales just splash about, they can't hear each other far. right? Test 2 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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · What sound is: wobbles in the air me mate reckons whales just splash about, they can't hear each other far. right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** me mate, whales · **What happens:** reckon, splash about, not hear · **To what, where:** each This is test 2 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t2:1 # text = me mate reckons whales just splash about, they can't hear each other far. right? 1 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 compound _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 splash splash VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 11 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 13 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 12 obj _ _ 14 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 fixed _ _ 15 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 17 right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | me mate | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **splash about** | present | whales | | | | | about *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 3 | **not** **hear** | can | whales *= whale* | each | | | | far *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus | 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} Yes, whales are deaf ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t2:o1:1 # text = Yes, whales are deaf 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 deaf deaf ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | whales | | | | | deaf *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, their songs travel hundreds of kilometres under water ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t2:o2:1 # text = No, their songs travel hundreds of kilometres under water 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 travel travel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 9 under under ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | present | their songs | hundreds of kilometres | | water | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hundred=Trajectory | | 2 | **sing** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, but only in warm seas ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t2:o3:1 # text = No, but only in warm seas 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 seas sea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, sound stops a few metres under water ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t2:o4:1 # text = Yes, sound stops a few metres under water 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 under under ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | sound | a few metres | | water | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality metre=Eventuality | **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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