Test 7 · Pushes and pulls: what makes things move and stop

Which uses the same idea as a rocket?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: use · To what, where: same idea

This is test 7 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 idea	det
4	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 idea	amod
5	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 rocket	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 rocket	det
8	rocket	rocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 uses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present		the same idea				as a rocket	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent idea=Duration as rocket=Attribute

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

A ball rolling slowly down a grassy hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ball	det
2	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	rolling	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 ball	acl
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 rolling	advmod
5	down	down	ADP	_	8 hill	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hill	det
7	grassy	grassy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hill	amod
8	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rolling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	gerund	a ball not said here			a grassy hill		slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down hill=Trajectory

Option 2

A book lying quite still on a shelf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 book	det
2	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 book	acl
4	quite	quite	ADV	_	5 still	advmod
5	still	still	ADV	_	3 lying	advmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 shelf	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 shelf	det
8	shelf	shelf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund	a book not said here			a shelf	still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on shelf=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A balloon whizzing round the room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 balloon	det
2	balloon	balloon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	whizzing	whiz	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 balloon	acl
4	round	round	ADP	_	6 room	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 room	det
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whizzing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whiz	gerund	a balloon not said here			the room			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round room=Trajectory

Option 4

A leaf drifting down from a tall tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 leaf	det
2	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	drifting	drift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 leaf	acl
4	down	down	ADV	_	3 drifting	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 tree	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tree	det
7	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tree	amod
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drifting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drift down	gerund	a leaf not said here			a tall tree		down property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from tree=Trajectory

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