--- title: why does the boat sit lower when u load it up — Floating and sinking: the push of water · tree and pragmatics description: why does the boat sit lower when u load it up Test 11 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Floating and sinking: the push of water why does the boat sit lower when u load it up **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boat, u · **What happens:** sit, load up · **To what, where:** boat This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t11:1 # text = why does the boat sit lower when u load it up 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 6 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 xcomp _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 load load VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | present · do-support | the boat | | | | | low *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **load up** | present | u | boat | | | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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 cargo pulls the water down with it ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t11:o1:1 # text = The cargo pulls the water down with it 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cargo cargo NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pulls pull 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 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull down** | present | the cargo | the water | | | | with water | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The water gets thinner under heavy boats, so they sink lower ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t11:o2:1 # text = The water gets thinner under heavy boats, so they sink lower 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 thinner thin ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 under under ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 boats boat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sink sink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | the water | | | heavy boats | | thin *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **sink** | present | boats *= boat* | | | | | low *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Heavy boats leak and fill with water ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t11:o3:1 # text = Heavy boats leak and fill with water 1 Heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 boats boat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 leak leak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 fill fill VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leak** | present | Heavy boats | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 2 | **fill** | present | Heavy boats *not said here* | | | | | with water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with water=Instrument | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} More weight means it must push aside more water to float ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t11:o4:1 # text = More weight means it must push aside more water to float 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 push push VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 7 aside aside ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 float float VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | More weight | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **push** | must | weight | more water | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 3 | **float** | to-infinitive | weight *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=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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