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Test 3 · Levers: lifting heavy things with a little push

Leo tries to cut a thick cereal box with the tips of the scissors. What tip would you give him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, tip · What happens: try, cut, give · To what, where: thick cereal box, Leo

This is test 3 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

Sentence 1: Leo tries to cut a thick cereal box with the tips of the scissors.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 tries	nsubj
2	tries	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 cut	mark
4	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tries	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 box	det
6	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 box	amod
7	cereal	cereal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 box	compound
8	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cut	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 tips	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tips	det
11	tips	tip	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 box	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 scissors	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 scissors	det
14	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 tips	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tries	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	present	Leo						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	cut not said to happen	to-infinitive	Leo not said here	a thick cereal box				with the tips of the scissors	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Patient with tip=Instrument

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 tip would you give him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 tip	det
2	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 give	aux
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 give	nsubj
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 give	iobj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	would	what tip		Leo				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Turn the scissors upside down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 scissors	det
3	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Turn	obj
4	upside	upside	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turn	obj
5	down	down	ADV	_	1 Turn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	imperative	you not said here	the scissors				down property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent scissors=Theme upside=Result

Option 2

Use the very tips of the blades and press much harder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tips	det
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 tips	advmod
4	tips	tip	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Use	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 blades	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 blades	det
7	blades	blade	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tips	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 press	cc
9	press	press	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	conj
10	much	much	ADV	_	11 harder	advmod
11	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 press	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	the tips of the blades					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tip=Patient
2	press	present	you not said here					hard property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Slide the card deep in, near the hinge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slide	slide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 card	det
3	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Slide	obj
4	deep	deep	ADV	_	5 in	advmod
5	in	in	ADV	_	1 Slide	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hinge	punct
7	near	near	ADP	_	9 hinge	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hinge	det
9	hinge	hinge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Slide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slide	imperative	you not said here	the card		the hinge			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent card=Theme near hinge=Trajectory

Option 4

Cut faster so it does not notice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Cut	advmod
3	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 notice	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 notice	nsubj
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 notice	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 notice	advmod
7	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Cut	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	imperative	you not said here					fast property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	not notice	present · do-support	it						vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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