--- title: A jelly wobbles but keeps its shape on a plate. Which state is it cl… — Solids, liquids and gases · tree and pragmatics description: A jelly wobbles but keeps its shape on a plate. Which state is it closest to? Test 7 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/11-solids-liquids-gases/t7/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Solids, liquids and gases](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/11-solids-liquids-gases/) / t7 # Test 7 · Solids, liquids and gases A jelly wobbles but keeps its shape on a plate. Which state is it closest to? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** jelly, state · **What happens:** wobble, keep, be · **To what, where:** shape, plate This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A jelly wobbles but keeps its shape on a plate. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:11-solids-liquids-gases:t7:1 # text = A jelly wobbles but keeps its shape on a plate. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 jelly jelly NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wobbles wobble VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wobble** | present | a jelly | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **keep** | present | a jelly *not said here* | jelly's shape | | a plate | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent shape=Theme on plate=Location | 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:* Which state is it closest to? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:11-solids-liquids-gases:t7:2 # text = Which state is it closest to? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 closest close ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | which state | | | | | close *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A solid ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:11-solids-liquids-gases:t7:o1:1 # text = A solid 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 solid solid NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A liquid ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:11-solids-liquids-gases:t7:o2:1 # text = A liquid 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 liquid liquid NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} It changes state every time it wobbles ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:11-solids-liquids-gases:t7:o3:1 # text = It changes state every time it wobbles 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wobbles wobble VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | present | It | state | | | time | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Patient | | 2 | **wobble** | present | state | every time *not said here* | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} A gas ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:11-solids-liquids-gases:t7:o4:1 # text = A gas 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gas gas NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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