--- title: Which is true about a floating object? — Floating and sinking: the push of water · tree and pragmatics description: Which is true about a floating object? Test 2 · ★ 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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Floating and sinking: the push of water Which is true about a floating object? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, float This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t2:1 # text = Which is true about a floating object? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 floating float VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 7 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | about a floating object; true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **float** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1} It floats only because it contains air, which has no weight ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t2:o1:1 # text = It floats only because it contains air, which has no weight 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 floats float VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | present | It | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **contain** | present | it | air | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot air=Theme | | 3 | **have** | present | air | no weight | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weight=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It pushes aside no water at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t2:o2:1 # text = It pushes aside no water at all 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 pushes push VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 aside aside ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | present | It | no water | | all | | aside *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent water=Theme at all=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The water it pushes aside weighs the same as it does ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t2:o3:1 # text = The water it pushes aside weighs the same as it does 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pushes push VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 aside aside ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 weighs weigh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obj _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | present | water | the water *not said here* | | | | aside *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 2 | **weigh** | present | the water | the same | | | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme same=Value | | 3 | **do** | present | water | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} It has no weight while it floats ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t2:o4:1 # text = It has no weight while it floats 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 while while SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 floats float 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 | **have** | present | It | no weight | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weight=Patient | | 2 | **float** | present | weight | | | | | | 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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