--- title: why can u float so easy in the dead sea — Rivers, lakes and the sea up close · tree and pragmatics description: why can u float so easy in the dead sea Test 9 of lesson 64 «Rivers, lakes and the sea up close» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea/t9/) [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/) / [Rivers, lakes and the sea up close](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea/) / t9 # Test 9 · Rivers, lakes and the sea up close why can u float so easy in the dead sea **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u · **What happens:** float · **To what, where:** easy This is test 9 of lesson 64 «Rivers, lakes and the sea up close» 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/64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t9:1 # text = why can u float so easy in the dead sea 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 float float VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | can | u | easy | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent easy=Agent | 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} The water is so warm that it lifts you up ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t9:o1:1 # text = The water is so warm that it lifts you up 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 lifts lift VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the water | | | | | warm *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lift up** | present | water | you | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The water is so salty that it pushes you up much more ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t9:o2:1 # text = The water is so salty that it pushes you up much more 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 pushes push VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 11 much much ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the water | | | | | salty *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **push up** | present | water | you | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The sea is so shallow that you touch the bottom ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t9:o3:1 # text = The sea is so shallow that you touch the bottom 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 shallow shallow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 touch touch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the sea | | | | | shallow *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **touch** | present | you | the bottom | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bottom=Co-Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The waves there are strong enough to hold you up ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t9:o4:1 # text = The waves there are strong enough to hold you up 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 enough enough ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the waves | | | | | enough, strong *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hold up** | to-infinitive | the waves *not said here* | you | | | | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot you=Theme | **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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