Test 1 · Pushes and pulls: what makes things move and stop

My mate says things just stop on their own when they run out of push. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, things · What happens: say, stop, run · To what, where: own, push · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 4 «Pushes and pulls: what makes things move and stop» 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	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stop	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 stop	advmod
6	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 own	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 own	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stop	obl
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 run	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 run	nsubj
12	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stop	advcl
13	out	out	ADP	_	15 push	case
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 push	case
15	push	push	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 run	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
17	right	right	ADV	_	3 says	advmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	My mate		right property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stop	present	things	things's own		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	run	present	things = thing	push		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out push=Trajectory

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

Yes, things get tired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 get	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	things					tired property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, something always pushes against them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 pushes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 pushes	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 pushes	advmod
5	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	against	against	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 pushes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	present	something					against them = they; always property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent against they=Theme

Option 3

No, things speed up on their own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 speed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 speed	punct
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 speed	nsubj
4	speed	speed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 speed	compound:prt
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 own	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 own	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 speed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speed up	present	things			things's own			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=Trajectory

Option 4

Yes, every push runs out in time and then stops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 runs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 push	det
4	push	push	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 runs	nsubj
5	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 runs	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 time	case
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 runs	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stops	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 stops	advmod
11	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 runs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run out	present	every push				time		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stop	present	every push not said here				then		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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