--- title: Why do dryer sheets help stop static cling? — Static electricity: balloons, hair and… · tree and pragmatics description: Why do dryer sheets help stop static cling? Test 11 of lesson 26 «Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks» 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/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/t11/) [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/) / [Static electricity: balloons, hair and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/) / t11 # Test 11 · Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks Why do dryer sheets help stop static cling? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dryer sheets · **What happens:** help, stop · **To what, where:** static cling This is test 11 of lesson 26 «Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks» 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/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:t11:1 # text = Why do dryer sheets help stop static cling? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 dryer dryer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 sheets sheet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 7 static static ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 cling cling NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present · do-support | dryer sheets | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | infinitive | dryer sheets *not said here* | static cling | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality cling=Eventuality | 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} They stop charge building up on the clothes ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:t11:o1:1 # text = They stop charge building up on the clothes 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 charge charge VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 xcomp _ _ 4 building build VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | They | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **charge** | present | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **build up** | gerund | They *not said here* | | | the clothes | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} They make the dryer hotter ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:t11:o2:1 # text = They make the dryer hotter 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dryer dryer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 hotter hot ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | They | the dryer | | | | hot *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dryer=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} They glue the clothes apart ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:t11:o3:1 # text = They glue the clothes apart 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 glue glue VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 2 obj _ _ 5 apart apart ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glue** | present | They | the clothes | | | | apart *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} They make the clothes heavier so they cannot cling ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:t11:o4:1 # text = They make the clothes heavier so they cannot cling 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 2 obj _ _ 5 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 cling cling VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | They | the clothes | | | | heavy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset clothes=Product | | 2 | **not** **cling** | can | clothes | | | | | | vn cling-22.5 «NP V together»: agent=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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Static electricity: balloons, hair and…, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/t10/) - next →: [Static electricity: balloons, hair and…, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/e1/) - ↑ back to [Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/)