Test 1 · ★ · Balance: the centre of gravity

My cousin says you balance only with your feet. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, you · What happens: say, balance · To what, where: feet · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 8 «Balance: the centre of gravity» 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 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 balance	nsubj
5	balance	balance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 feet	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 feet	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 feet	nmod:poss
9	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 balance	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
11	right	right	INTJ	_	3 says	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	My cousin						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	balance	present	you	your feet					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location foot=Theme

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

No, you balance with your arms only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 balance	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 balance	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 balance	nsubj
4	balance	balance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 arms	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 arms	nmod:poss
7	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 balance	obl
8	only	only	ADV	_	4 balance	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	balance	present	you					with your arms	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with arm=Instrument

Option 2

Yes, that is why shoes have soles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 why	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 why	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 why	cop
5	why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
6	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	nsubj
7	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 why	advcl:relcl
8	soles	sole	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					why property	tree rules
2	have	present	shoes	soles					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sole=Patient

Option 3

Yes, feet do all the balancing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 do	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 balancing	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 balancing	det
7	balancing	balancing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	feet	all balancing					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balancing=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, your eyes and inner ears help a lot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 help	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 help	punct
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 help	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ears	cc
6	inner	inner	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ears	amod
7	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eyes	conj
8	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lot	det
10	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	your eyes and inner ears	a lot					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Beneficiary

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