--- title: Whereas floating ice melts in a glass of water, determine the effect… — Clever reasoning about water and matter · tree and pragmatics description: Whereas floating ice melts in a glass of water, determine the effect upon the water level. Exam question 4 of lesson 20 «Clever reasoning about water and matter» 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 wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/20-reasoning-water-and-matter/e4/) [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/) / [Clever reasoning about water and matter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/20-reasoning-water-and-matter/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Clever reasoning about water and matter Whereas floating ice melts in a glass of water, determine the effect upon the water level. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** floating ice, you · **What happens:** float, melt, determine · **To what, where:** glass, effect This is exam question 4 of lesson 20 «Clever reasoning about water and matter» of the world 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/world/20-reasoning-water-and-matter/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:e4:1 # text = Whereas floating ice melts in a glass of water, determine the effect upon the water level. 1 Whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 floating float VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 melts melt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 upon upon ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 level level NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **melt** | present | floating ice | | | a glass of water | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the effect | | | | upon the water level | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Topic | 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} It invariably overflows the rim of the vessel ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:e4:o1:1 # text = It invariably overflows the rim of the vessel 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 invariably invariably ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 overflows overflow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 rim rim NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overflow** | present | It | the rim of the vessel | | | | invariably *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It falls markedly as the ice disappears ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:e4:o2:1 # text = It falls markedly as the ice disappears 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 markedly markedly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 disappears disappear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | present | It | | | | | markedly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **disappear** | present | the ice | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It remains approximately unaltered ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:e4:o3:1 # text = It remains approximately unaltered 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 approximately approximately ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 unaltered unaltered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | present | It | | | | | unaltered *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It rises markedly as the ice turns to water ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:20-reasoning-water-and-matter:e4:o4:1 # text = It rises markedly as the ice turns to water 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rises rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 markedly markedly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | present | It | | | | | markedly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **turn** | present | the ice | | | water | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to water=Trajectory | **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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