--- title: A boat sails from a river into the sea. What happens? — Floating and sinking: the push of water · tree and pragmatics description: A boat sails from a river into the sea. What happens? Test 5 · ★ 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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Floating and sinking: the push of water A boat sails from a river into the sea. What happens? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boat · **What happens:** sail, happen · **To what, where:** river This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boat sails from a river into the sea. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t5:1 # text = A boat sails from a river into the sea. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sails sail VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail** | present | a boat | | | a river | | into the sea | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from river=Trajectory | 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. *Sentence 2:* What happens? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t5:2 # text = What happens? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It floats a little lower in the salty sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t5:o1:1 # text = It floats a little lower in the salty sea 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | present | It | | | the salty sea | | low *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} It must take on water to stay balanced ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t5:o2:1 # text = It must take on water to stay balanced 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 balanced balanced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take on** | must | It | water | | | | | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 2 | **stay** | to-infinitive | | | | | | balanced *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It floats at exactly the same height ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t5:o3:1 # text = It floats at exactly the same height 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 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | present | It | | | the same height | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at height=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It floats a little higher in the salty sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t5:o4:1 # text = It floats a little higher in the salty sea 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | present | It | | | the salty sea | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Trajectory | **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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