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description: In a cartoon, a character shouts and the words visibly fly through the air as letters. What really travels? Test 5 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 choic
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# Test 5 · What sound is: wobbles in the air

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In a cartoon, a character shouts and the words visibly fly through the air as letters. What really travels?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** character, words · **What happens:** shout, fly, travel · **To what, where:** cartoon, air

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a character shouts and the words visibly fly through the air as letters.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t5:1
# text = In a cartoon, a character shouts and the words visibly fly through the air as letters.
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	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	visibly	visibly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	fly	fly	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	through	through	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | a character |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fly** | present | the words |  |  | the air |  | as letters; visibly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Location |

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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 really travels?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t5:2
# text = What really travels?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	travels	travel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme what=Trajectory |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The words themselves as invisible letters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t5:o1:1
# text = The words themselves as invisible letters
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	nmod	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Little puffs of light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t5:o2:1
# text = Little puffs of light
1	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	puffs	puff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **puff** |  |  | light |  |  |  |  | nom puff «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A wobble in the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t5:o3:1
# text = A wobble in the air
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wobble	wobble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tiny bits of the voice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air:t5:o4:1
# text = Tiny bits of the voice
1	Tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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