--- title: What would happen if a submarine's tanks could not be emptied of wat… — Ships, ports and submarines · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a submarine's tanks could not be emptied of water? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 24 «Ships, ports and submarines» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/t4/) [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/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Ships, ports and submarines](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Ships, ports and submarines What would happen if a submarine's tanks could not be emptied of water? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, not empty · **To what, where:** tanks This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 24 «Ships, ports and submarines» of the technology 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/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:24-ships-ports-and-submarines:t4:1 # text = What would happen if a submarine's tanks could not be emptied of water? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 submarine submarine NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 tanks tank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 emptied empty VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **empty** *a condition, not said to happen* | could · passive | | a submarine's tanks | | | | of water | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme of water=Source | 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 {#o1} Nothing, it would just switch on its lights ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:24-ships-ports-and-submarines:t4:o1:1 # text = Nothing, it would just switch on its lights 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 switch switch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **switch** | would | Nothing | | | its lights | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **light** | | its *= it* | | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It could not rise back to the surface ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:24-ships-ports-and-submarines:t4:o2:1 # text = It could not rise back to the surface 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **rise back** | could | It | | | the surface | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to surface=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would float up and lie on its side in the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:24-ships-ports-and-submarines:t4:o3:1 # text = It would float up and lie on its side in the water 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 float float VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float up** | would | It | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lie** | infinitive | | | | its side | | in the water | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would rise to the top much faster than usual ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:24-ships-ports-and-submarines:t4:o4:1 # text = It would rise to the top much faster than usual 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 much much ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 9 than than ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | would | It | | | the top | | fast *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to top=Initial\_Location | **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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