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title: Ben reckons sound can't go through water. right? — Sound — vibrations, loudness, pitch an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ben reckons sound can't go through water. right? Test 12 of lesson 54 «Sound — vibrations, loudness, pitch and echoes» 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 12 · Sound — vibrations, loudness, pitch and echoes

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Ben reckons sound can't go through water. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ben, sound · **What happens:** reckon, not go · **To what, where:** water

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This is test 12 of lesson 54 «Sound — vibrations, loudness, pitch and echoes» 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/54-sound/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:54-sound:t12:1
# text = Ben reckons sound can't go through water. right?
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
10	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | Ben |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **go** | can | sound |  |  | water |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through water=Initial\_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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, sound travels through water, even faster than through air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:54-sound:t12:o1:1
# text = No, sound travels through water, even faster than through air
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	travels	travel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | present | sound |  |  | water |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through water=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, water stops all sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:54-sound:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, water stops all sound
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | water | all sound |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality sound=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, fish cannot hear anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:54-sound:t12:o3:1
# text = Yes, fish cannot hear anything
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** | can | fish | anything |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it travels only through ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:54-sound:t12:o4:1
# text = No, it travels only through ice
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	travels	travel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | present | it |  |  | ice |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through ice=Trajectory |

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