Test 13 · ★★★ · Reasoning about the body moving in the world

why u lean forward walking up a hill

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: lean, walk up · To what, where: hill

This is test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Reasoning about the body moving in the world» of the everyday 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 lean	advmod
2	u	u	X	Foreign=Yes	3 lean	discourse
3	lean	lean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	forward	forward	ADV	_	3 lean	advmod
5	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 lean	advcl
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 walking	compound:prt
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hill	det
8	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lean	present						forward property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	walk up	gerund		a hill					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hill=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.

The options

Option 1

To see the top of the hill much sooner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 see	mark
2	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 top	det
4	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 see	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 hill	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hill	det
7	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 top	nmod
8	much	much	ADV	_	9 sooner	advmod
9	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	to-infinitive		the top of the hill				soon property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer top=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To keep your weight over your feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 weight	nmod:poss
4	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 feet	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		your weight		your feet			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent weight=Theme over foot=Location

Option 3

Because gravity points up the hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 points	mark
2	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 points	nsubj
3	points	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	6 hill	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hill	det
6	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 points	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point up	present	gravity	the hill					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hill=Patient

Option 4

Because your legs get shorter on a slope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 get	mark
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 legs	nmod:poss
3	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	shorter	short	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 get	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 slope	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 slope	det
8	slope	slope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	your legs			a slope		short property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on slope=Source

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