Test 1 · Levers: lifting heavy things with a little push

mate says levers are magic, you get something for free. right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, levers, you · What happens: say, be, get · To what, where: something · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 33 «Levers: lifting heavy things with a little push» of the physics 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	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	levers	lever	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 magic	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 magic	cop
5	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 get	punct
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 get	nsubj
8	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 magic	parataxis
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 get	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 free	case
11	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 get	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 magic	punct
13	right	right	INTJ	_	2 says	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	levers		magic property	tree rules
3	get	present	you	something	for free	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent something=Theme for free=Source

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

Yes, levers make energy out of nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 make	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	levers	lever	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	nsubj
4	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	8 nothing	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 nothing	case
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	levers	energy		nothing			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset energy=Product

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, you push less, but you have to push further

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 push	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 push	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 push	nsubj
4	push	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 push	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 have	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 have	cc
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 have	nsubj
9	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 push	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 push	mark
11	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 have	xcomp
12	further	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 push	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	push	present	you	less property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	have	present	you		tree rules
3	push	to-infinitive	you not said here	far property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

No, levers only make things harder to lift

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 levers	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	levers	lever	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 make	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 make	advmod
5	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 make	obj
7	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 make	xcomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 lift	mark
9	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 harder	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	levers	things				hard property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product
2	lift	to-infinitive	things not said here						vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, a lever doubles your strength and your speed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 doubles	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lever	det
4	lever	lever	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 doubles	nsubj
5	doubles	double	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 strength	nmod:poss
7	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 doubles	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 speed	cc
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 speed	nmod:poss
10	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strength	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	double	present	a lever	your strength and your speed					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent strength=Patient

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