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title: why's the juice go flat in the glass n not stay in a carton shape — Solids, liquids and gases · tree and pragmatics
description: why's the juice go flat in the glass n not stay in a carton shape Test 10 of lesson 11 «Solids, liquids and gases» of the world 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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# Test 10 · Solids, liquids and gases

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why's the juice go flat in the glass n not stay in a carton shape

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** juice · **What happens:** go, not stay · **To what, where:** glass, carton shape

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This is test 10 of lesson 11 «Solids, liquids and gases» of the world 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/world/11-solids-liquids-gases/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:11-solids-liquids-gases:t10:1
# text = why's the juice go flat in the glass n not stay in a carton shape
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	n	and	CCONJ	CC	Abbr=Yes	12	cc	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	carton	carton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | the juice |  |  | the glass |  | flat *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in glass=Location |
| 2 | **not** **stay** | infinitive | the juice *not said here* |  |  | a carton shape |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shape=Location |

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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 {#o1}

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Liquids have no volume of their own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:11-solids-liquids-gases:t10:o1:1
# text = Liquids have no volume of their own
1	Liquids	liquid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	volume	volume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Liquids | no volume of Liquids's own |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent volume=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The glass squeezes it into a new shape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:11-solids-liquids-gases:t10:o2:1
# text = The glass squeezes it into a new shape
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	squeezes	squeeze	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squeeze** | present | the glass | it |  | a new shape |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent it=Material into shape=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Juice is a solid with a soft shape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:11-solids-liquids-gases:t10:o3:1
# text = Juice is a solid with a soft shape
1	Juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	solid	solid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Juice | a solid |  |  |  | with a soft shape | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Liquids take the shape of their container

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:11-solids-liquids-gases:t10:o4:1
# text = Liquids take the shape of their container
1	Liquids	liquid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	take	take	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	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	container	container	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | Liquids | the shape of Liquids's container |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme |

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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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