--- title: A sponge is squeezed and let go. What happens? — Pushes and pulls all around us · tree and pragmatics description: A sponge is squeezed and let go. What happens? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 5 «Pushes and pulls all around us» 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/5-pushes-and-pulls-all-around-us/t9/) [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/) / [Pushes and pulls all around us](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/5-pushes-and-pulls-all-around-us/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Pushes and pulls all around us A sponge is squeezed and let go. What happens? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** squeeze, let, go, happen · **To what, where:** sponge This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 5 «Pushes and pulls all around us» 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/5-pushes-and-pulls-all-around-us/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A sponge is squeezed and let go. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:5-pushes-and-pulls-all-around-us:t9:1 # text = A sponge is squeezed and let go. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sponge sponge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 squeezed squeeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squeeze** | present · passive | | a sponge | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What happens? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:5-pushes-and-pulls-all-around-us:t9:2 # text = What happens? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It stays squashed flat for ever after ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:5-pushes-and-pulls-all-around-us:t9:o1:1 # text = It stays squashed flat for ever after 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 squashed squash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 flat flat ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 3 obl _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 3 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squash after** | present · passive | | It | | | | flat *property* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It becomes harder and stiffer than before ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:5-pushes-and-pulls-all-around-us:t9:o2:1 # text = It becomes harder and stiffer than before 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 stiffer stiff ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 before before ADV RB _ 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | It | | | | | hard *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It gets heavier than it was before ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:5-pushes-and-pulls-all-around-us:t9:o3:1 # text = It gets heavier than it was before 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 4 than than SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 before before ADV RB _ 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | It | | | | | heavy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | | before *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It springs back and sucks in air ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:5-pushes-and-pulls-all-around-us:t9:o4:1 # text = It springs back and sucks in air 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 springs spring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 sucks suck VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spring back** | present | It | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **suck** | present | | | | air | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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