Test 5 · ★ · Balance: the centre of gravity

Why do you hold your arms out when walking along a narrow wall?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: hold out, walk · To what, where: arms, narrow wall

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 hold	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hold	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 hold	nsubj
4	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 arms	nmod:poss
6	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hold	obj
7	out	out	ADV	_	4 hold	advmod
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 walking	advmod
9	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 hold	advcl
10	along	along	ADP	_	13 wall	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 wall	det
12	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 wall	amod
13	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 walking	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold out	present · do-support	you	your arms				out property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme
2	walk	gerund	you not said here			a narrow wall			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along wall=Trajectory

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 · ✓ the right answer

Like a pole, they help you correct wobbles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	3 pole	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pole	det
3	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 help	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 pole	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 help	nsubj
6	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 help	obj
8	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wobbles	amod
9	wobbles	wobble	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	they	you				like a pole	tree rules

Option 2

They make you lighter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 make	obj
4	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	They	you				light property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product

Option 3

They pull you to the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pull	nsubj
2	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 pull	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 ground	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ground	det
6	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pull	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	present	They	you		the ground			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to ground=Destination

Option 4

They catch the wind like sails and lift you up a little

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 catch	nsubj
2	catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wind	det
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 catch	obj
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 sails	case
6	sails	sail	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 catch	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lift	cc
8	lift	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 catch	conj
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 lift	obj
10	up	up	ADP	_	8 lift	compound:prt
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 little	det
12	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lift	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	present	They	the wind				like sails	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme
2	lift up	present	They not said here	you				a little obl:unmarked	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

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