--- title: A diver wants to stay still in the middle of the water. What should… — Floating and sinking: the push of water · tree and pragmatics description: A diver wants to stay still in the middle of the water. What should be true? Test 7 · ★ 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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Floating and sinking: the push of water A diver wants to stay still in the middle of the water. What should be true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** diver · **What happens:** want, stay, be · **To what, where:** middle This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A diver wants to stay still in the middle of the water. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t7:1 # text = A diver wants to stay still in the middle of the water. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 diver diver NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | a diver | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a diver *not said here* | | | the middle of the water | still | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in middle=Location | 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 should be true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t7:2 # text = What should be true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | should | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The diver must weigh nothing in the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t7:o1:1 # text = The diver must weigh nothing in the water 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 diver diver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 weigh weigh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weigh** | must | the diver | nothing | | the water | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme nothing=Value | ### Option 2 {#o2} The upthrust must be much bigger than the weight ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t7:o2:1 # text = The upthrust must be much bigger than the weight 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 upthrust upthrust NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | must | the upthrust | | | | | than the weight; big *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The upthrust must equal the diver's weight ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t7:o3:1 # text = The upthrust must equal the diver's weight 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 upthrust upthrust NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 equal equal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 diver diver NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **equal** | must | the upthrust | the diver's weight | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The diver must breathe out all the air ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:83-floating-and-sinking:t7:o4:1 # text = The diver must breathe out all the air 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 diver diver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 breathe breathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **breathe out** | must | the diver | all air | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=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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