Test 1 · Friction: the grip that stops and helps

whyyy do my hands get warm when i rub em, is it magic

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: hands, i, whyyy · What happens: do, get, rub, be · To what, where: em

This is test 1 of lesson 6 «Friction: the grip that stops and helps» 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	whyyy	whyyy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 magic	nsubj
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 whyyy	parataxis
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hands	nmod:poss
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 get	nsubj
5	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 do	parataxis
6	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 get	xcomp
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 rub	mark
8	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 rub	nsubj
9	rub	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 get	advcl
10	em	em	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rub	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rub	punct
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 magic	cop
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 magic	nsubj
14	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	infinitive				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get	present	my hands		warm property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	rub	present	i	em		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent em=Theme
4	is	present	whyyy		magic 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

Yes, rubbing makes your hands a bit magnetic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 rubbing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	rubbing	rub	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hands	nmod:poss
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 makes	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 magnetic	obl:unmarked
9	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	gerund							vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme
2	make	present		your hands				magnetic property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hand=Product

Option 2

Your hands catch the room's heat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hands	nmod:poss
2	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 catch	nsubj
3	catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 room	det
5	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heat	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 room	case
7	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 catch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	present	Your hands	the room's heat					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme
2	heat		the room						nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Your blood boils a little

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 blood	nmod:poss
2	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boils	nsubj
3	boils	boil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 little	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boils	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boil	present	Your blood	a little					vn cooking-45.3 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument little=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, friction turns the rubbing into heat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 turns	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 turns	punct
3	friction	friction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turns	nsubj
4	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rubbing	det
6	rubbing	rubbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turns	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 heat	case
8	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	friction	the rubbing		heat			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent rubbing=Theme into heat=Trajectory

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