Test 5 · Levers: lifting heavy things with a little push

oi, stop loading all the bricks at the handle end of the wheelbarrow, you muppet. why?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: oi, you · What happens: stop, load, muppet · To what, where: bricks, handle end

This is test 5 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	oi	oi	X	Foreign=Yes	3 stop	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 stop	punct
3	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	loading	load	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stop	xcomp
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 bricks	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bricks	det
7	bricks	brick	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 loading	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 end	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 end	det
10	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 end	compound
11	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loading	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 wheelbarrow	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wheelbarrow	det
14	wheelbarrow	wheelbarrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 end	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 muppet	punct
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 muppet	nsubj
17	muppet	muppet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stop	parataxis
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stop	punct
19	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 stop	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	stop	infinitive	oi			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	load	gerund	oi not said here	all bricks	at the handle end of the wheelbarrow	vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent brick=Theme at end=Destination
3	muppet		you			tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice

The wheel will burst under bricks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wheel	det
2	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burst	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 burst	aux
4	burst	burst	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	under	under	ADP	_	6 bricks	case
6	bricks	brick	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 burst	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burst	future	the wheel			bricks			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under brick=Location

Option 2

Bricks at the wheel end will make the tyre burst flat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bricks	brick	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 make	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	5 end	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 end	det
4	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 end	compound
5	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bricks	nmod
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 make	aux
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tyre	det
9	tyre	tyre	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 burst	nsubj
10	burst	burst	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 make	ccomp
11	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	future	Bricks at the wheel end					flat property	tree rules
2	burst	past	the tyre						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The handles are made for bricks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 handles	det
2	handles	handle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 bricks	case
6	bricks	brick	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		the handles				for bricks	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for brick=Asset

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The load is easier to lift close to the wheel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 load	det
2	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 easier	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 easier	cop
4	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 lift	mark
6	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 easier	xcomp
7	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lift	xcomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 wheel	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wheel	det
10	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 close	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the load					easy property	tree rules
2	lift	to-infinitive	the load not said here					close property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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