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title: Identify the outcome when a vessel passes from fresh water into sea… — Olympiad: forces, floating and machine… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the outcome when a vessel passes from fresh water into sea water. Exam question 4 of lesson 42 «Olympiad: forces, floating and machines ★★★» 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.
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# Exam question 4 · Olympiad: forces, floating and machines ★★★

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Identify the outcome when a vessel passes from fresh water into sea water.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, vessel · **What happens:** identify, pass · **To what, where:** outcome, fresh water

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 42 «Olympiad: forces, floating and machines ★★★» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:e4:1
# text = Identify the outcome when a vessel passes from fresh water into sea water.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the outcome |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme |
| 2 | **pass** | present | a vessel |  |  | fresh water |  | into sea water | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from water=Initial\_Location into water=Destination |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It floats slightly higher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:e4:o1:1
# text = It floats slightly higher
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	floats	float	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	slightly	slightly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | present | It |  |  |  |  | slightly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Its depth is wholly unaltered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:e4:o2:1
# text = Its depth is wholly unaltered
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	depth	depth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	unaltered	unaltered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Its depth |  |  |  |  | unaltered, wholly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It floats slightly lower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:e4:o3:1
# text = It floats slightly lower
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	floats	float	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	slightly	slightly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | present | It |  |  |  |  | low, slightly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It sinks to the bottom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:e4:o4:1
# text = It sinks to the bottom
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	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | present | It |  |  |  |  | to the bottom | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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**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.

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