Test 7 · ★ · Wheels, axles, ramps and screws

How could you hold two bits of wood together really tightly without glue?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: hold · To what, where: two bits

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 34 «Wheels, axles, ramps and screws» 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 hold	advmod
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hold	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 hold	nsubj
4	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 bits	nummod
6	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hold	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 wood	case
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bits	nmod
9	together	together	ADV	_	4 hold	advmod
10	really	really	ADV	_	11 tightly	advmod
11	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	4 hold	advmod
12	without	without	ADP	_	13 glue	case
13	glue	glue	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hold	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	could	you	two bits of wood				without glue; tightly, together property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Theme

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

Push a rolling pin over them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pin	det
3	rolling	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 pin	amod
4	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Push	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Push	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	imperative	you not said here	a rolling pin				over them = they	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent pin=Theme over they=Trajectory
2	roll	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Drive a screw through them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drive	drive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 screw	det
3	screw	screw	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Drive	obj
4	through	through	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Drive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	imperative	you not said here	a screw				through them = they	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent screw=Theme through they=Trajectory

Option 3

Rest a door stop against them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rest	rest	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stop	det
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stop	compound
4	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rest	obj
5	against	against	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Rest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	imperative	you not said here	a door stop				against them = they	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent stop=Theme against they=Location

Option 4

Tie a wheel to them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tie	tie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wheel	det
3	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tie	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tie	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	imperative	you not said here	a wheel	them = they				vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent wheel=Patient to they=Co-Patient

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