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title: Lila says an octopus swims just like a rocket. Is she right? — Rockets, record speeds and motion ever… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lila says an octopus swims just like a rocket. Is she right? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 38 «Rockets, record speeds and motion everywhere» 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.
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Rockets, record speeds and motion everywhere

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Lila says an octopus swims just like a rocket. Is she right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lila, octopus · **What happens:** say, swim, be · **To what, where:** rocket · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 38 «Rockets, record speeds and motion everywhere» 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/38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lila says an octopus swims just like a rocket.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere:t9:1
# text = Lila says an octopus swims just like a rocket.
1	Lila	Lila	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	octopus	octopus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	swims	swim	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rocket	rocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lila |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **swim** | present | a octopus | a rocket |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rocket=Trajectory |

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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:* Is she right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere:t9:2
# text = Is she right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	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 | **is** | present | octopus |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, rockets push on the air, but octopuses push on the sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere:t9:o1:1
# text = No, rockets push on the air, but octopuses push on the sand
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	rockets	rocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	push	push	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	octopuses	octopus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	push	push	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | present | rockets |  |  |  |  | on the air | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on air=Theme |
| 2 | **push** | present | octopuses |  |  |  |  | on the sand | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on sand=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, octopuses burn fuel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere:t9:o2:1
# text = Yes, octopuses burn fuel
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	octopuses	octopus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	burn	burn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	fuel	fuel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | present | octopuses | fuel |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fuel=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Yes, it pushes water out one way and moves the other way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere:t9:o3:1
# text = Yes, it pushes water out one way and moves the other way
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push out** | present | it | water |  |  |  | one way *obl:unmarked* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 2 | **move** | present |  | the other way |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, octopuses only crawl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:38-rockets-record-speeds-and-motion-everywhere:t9:o4:1
# text = No, octopuses only crawl
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	octopuses	octopus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	crawl	crawl	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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

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