--- title: how does a massive steel ship float when a nail sinks — Floating and sinking: the push of water · tree and pragmatics description: how does a massive steel ship float when a nail sinks Test 10 · ★ of lesson 83 «Floating and sinking: the push of water» 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/83-floating-and-sinking/t10/) [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/) / [Floating and sinking: the push of water](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/83-floating-and-sinking/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Floating and sinking: the push of water how does a massive steel ship float when a nail sinks **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nail · **What happens:** do, float, sink · **To what, where:** massive steel ship This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 83 «Floating and sinking: the push of water» 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/83-floating-and-sinking/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t10:1 # text = how does a massive steel ship float when a nail sinks 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 massive massive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 float float VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 nail nail NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sinks sink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | a massive steel ship | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Eventuality | | 2 | **float** | present | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sink** | present | a nail | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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} Air from the sea holds the ship up ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t10:o1:1 # text = Air from the sea holds the ship up 1 Air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold up** | present | Air from the sea | the ship | | | | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ship=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Steel floats once it is very big ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t10:o2:1 # text = Steel floats once it is very big 1 Steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 floats float VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 once once SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | present | Steel | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | Steel | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The engines push it up out of the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t10:o3:1 # text = The engines push it up out of the water 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 engines engine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 push push VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push up** | present | the engines | it | | the water | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme out water=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Its hollow shape pushes aside lots of water, giving enough upthrust ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t10:o4:1 # text = Its hollow shape pushes aside lots of water, giving enough upthrust 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pushes push VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 aside aside ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 11 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 upthrust upthrust NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | present | Its hollow shape | lots of water | | | | aside *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme | | 2 | **give** | gerund | Its hollow shape *not said here* | enough upthrust | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent upthrust=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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