--- title: Why does the "puddle" on a hot road vanish when you get close? — Lenses and eyes · tree and pragmatics description: Why does the "puddle" on a hot road vanish when you get close? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 22 «Lenses and eyes» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/22-lenses-and-eyes/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/) / [Lenses and eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/22-lenses-and-eyes/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★ · Lenses and eyes Why does the "puddle" on a hot road vanish when you get close? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** do, vanish, get · **To what, where:** puddle, hot road This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 22 «Lenses and eyes» 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/22-lenses-and-eyes/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:22-lenses-and-eyes:t1:1 # text = Why does the "puddle" on a hot road vanish when you get close? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 puddle puddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 11 vanish vanish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 15 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | the puddle | | a hot road | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puddle=Eventuality | | 2 | **vanish** | present | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **get** | present | you | | | | | close *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It was the sky's light bent by hot air, not water ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:22-lenses-and-eyes:t1:o1:1 # text = It was the sky's light bent by hot air, not water 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | the sky's light and water | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bend** | participle | | the sky's light and water *not said here* | | | | by hot air | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by air=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} It sinks into the road ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:22-lenses-and-eyes:t1:o2:1 # text = It sinks into the road 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sinks sink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | present | It | | | the road | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It dries up in the time it takes you to walk there ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:22-lenses-and-eyes:t1:o3:1 # text = It dries up in the time it takes you to walk there 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 dries dry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 12 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dry up** | present | It | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **take** | present | it | | you | | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination | | 3 | **walk** | to-infinitive | | | | there | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Cars splash it away ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:22-lenses-and-eyes:t1:o4:1 # text = Cars splash it away 1 Cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 splash splash VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **splash away** | present | Cars | it | | | | away *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | **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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