Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: forces, floating and machines ★★★
Ellie weighs 30 kilograms on scales in a lift, and for a moment they show 33. What is the lift doing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ellie, kilograms, lift · What happens: weigh, show, do · To what, where: 30 kilograms, scales, 33
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: forces, floating and 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
Sentence 1: Ellie weighs 30 kilograms on scales in a lift, and for a moment they show 33.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellie | Ellie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 weighs | nsubj |
| 2 | weighs | weigh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 kilograms | nummod |
| 4 | kilograms | kilogram | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 weighs | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 scales | case |
| 6 | scales | scale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 weighs | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 lift | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 lift | det |
| 9 | lift | lift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 scales | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 show | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 show | cc |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 moment | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 moment | det |
| 14 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 show | obl |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 show | nsubj |
| 16 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 weighs | parataxis |
| 17 | 33 | 33 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 16 show | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 weighs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weigh | present | Ellie | 30 kilograms | scales in a lift | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme kilogram=Value | |||
| 2 | show | present | kilograms = kilogram | 33 | moment | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 33=Recipient |
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.
Sentence 2: What is the lift doing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 doing | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 doing | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lift | det |
| 4 | lift | lift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 doing | nsubj |
| 5 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 doing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · progressive | the lift | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Just starting to go up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 2 starting | advmod |
| 2 | starting | start | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 go | mark |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 starting | xcomp |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 go | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | gerund | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 2 | go up | to-infinitive | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 2
Standing still at a floor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | still | still | ADV | _ | 1 Standing | advmod |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 floor | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 floor | det |
| 5 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Standing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | gerund | a floor | still | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at floor=Location |
Option 3
Moving down at a steady speed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moving | move | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | down | down | ADV | _ | 1 Moving | advmod |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 speed | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 speed | det |
| 5 | steady | steady | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 speed | amod |
| 6 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Moving | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move down | gerund | a steady speed | down property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at speed=Trajectory |
Option 4
Starting to go down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starting | start | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 go | mark |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Starting | xcomp |
| 4 | down | down | ADV | _ | 3 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | gerund | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 2 | go down | to-infinitive | down property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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