Test 10 · ★★ · Pulleys, gears and big machines

Why can you raise the school flag with one hand even though the flag is high up?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, flag · What happens: raise, be · To what, where: school flag

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 35 «Pulleys, gears and big machines» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 raise	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 raise	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 raise	nsubj
4	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 flag	det
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flag	compound
7	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 raise	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 hand	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 hand	nummod
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 raise	obl
11	even	even	ADV	_	16 high	advmod
12	though	though	SCONJ	_	16 high	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 flag	det
14	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 high	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 high	cop
16	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 raise	conj
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 high	compound:prt
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 raise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	can	you	the school flag				with one hand	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent flag=Patient with hand=Instrument
2	is	present	the flag					high property	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 · ✓ the right answer

The pulley lets you pull down to lift it up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pulley	det
2	pulley	pulley	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lets	nsubj
3	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 lets	obj
5	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lets	xcomp
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 pull	compound:prt
7	to	to	PART	_	8 lift	mark
8	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 pull	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lift	obj
10	up	up	ADP	_	8 lift	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	let	present	the pulley	you	tree rules
2	pull down	infinitive	you not said here		vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	lift up	to-infinitive	you not said here	pulley	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

The rope is magnetic and slides up the metal pole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rope	det
2	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 magnetic	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 magnetic	cop
4	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 slides	cc
6	slides	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 magnetic	conj
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 slides	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pole	det
9	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pole	compound
10	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slides	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the rope					magnetic property	tree rules
2	slide up	present	the rope not said here	the metal pole					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The pole stretches upwards when you pull the rope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pole	det
2	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stretches	nsubj
3	stretches	stretch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upwards	upwards	ADV	_	3 stretches	advmod
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 pull	advmod
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 pull	nsubj
7	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stretches	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rope	det
9	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pull	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stretch	present	the pole					upwards property	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	pull	present	you	the rope					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme

Option 4

The flag is pulled up high by the wind on its own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flag	det
2	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pulled	aux:pass
4	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 pulled	compound:prt
6	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 pulled	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 wind	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wind	det
9	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 own	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 own	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull up	present · passive	the wind	the flag		flag's own		high property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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