Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: forces, floating and machines ★★★
Gran: "Back in my day we lifted the shed with a long pole and a brick under it." Where should the brick go for the easiest lift?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran, brick · What happens: lift, go · To what, where: shed, brick
This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: Gran: "Back in my day we lifted the shed with a long pole and a brick under it."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lifted | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 lifted | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Back | punct |
| 4 | Back | back | ADV | _ | 9 lifted | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 day | nmod:poss |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lifted | obl |
| 8 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 lifted | nsubj |
| 9 | lifted | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 shed | det |
| 11 | shed | shed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lifted | obj |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 pole | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 pole | det |
| 14 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 pole | amod |
| 15 | pole | pole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lifted | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 brick | cc |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 brick | det |
| 18 | brick | brick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 pole | conj |
| 19 | under | under | ADP | _ | 20 it | case |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 lifted | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 lifted | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 lifted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift in a quote | past | Gran | the shed | brick | day | with a long pole and a brick | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shed=Theme under it=Destination |
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: Where should the brick go for the easiest lift?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 5 go | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 brick | det |
| 4 | brick | brick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | nsubj |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 lift | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 lift | det |
| 8 | easiest | easy | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 lift | amod |
| 9 | lift | lift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | should | the brick | for the easiest lift | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for lift=Beneficiary |
The options
Option 1
Close to your hands, far from the shed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Close | close | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 hands | case |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 hands | nmod:poss |
| 4 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Close | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 far | punct |
| 6 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Close | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 shed | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 shed | det |
| 9 | shed | shed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 far | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | imperative | you not said here | your hands | far property | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to hand=Recipient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Close to the shed, with your hands far out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Close | close | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 shed | advmod |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 shed | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 shed | det |
| 4 | shed | shed | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 hands | punct |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 hands | case |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 hands | nmod:poss |
| 8 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 shed | nmod |
| 9 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 out | advmod |
| 10 | out | out | ADV | _ | 8 hands | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Under the shed itself, not the pole
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under | under | ADP | _ | 3 shed | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 shed | det |
| 3 | shed | shed | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 3 shed | nmod:unmarked |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 pole | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 pole | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pole | det |
| 8 | pole | pole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shed | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
In the very middle of the long pole
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 middle | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 middle | det |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 middle | advmod |
| 4 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 pole | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pole | det |
| 7 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 pole | amod |
| 8 | pole | pole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 middle | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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