Test 7 · ★ · Balance: the centre of gravity

oi stop spinning, ur gonna fall over. why tho

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: oi · What happens: stop, spin, fall over

This is test 7 · ★ 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	oi	oi	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stop	nsubj
2	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	spinning	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stop	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fall	punct
5	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 gonna	nmod:poss
6	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	7 fall	dep
7	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stop	conj
8	over	over	ADV	_	7 fall	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stop	punct
10	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 stop	parataxis
11	tho	tho	ADV	_	2 stop	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	stop	present	oi	tho property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	spin	gerund	oi not said here		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	fall over	infinitive	oi not said here	over property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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

Spinning pulls your blood up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spinning	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 pulls	nsubj
2	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 blood	nmod:poss
4	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulls	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	2 pulls	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	gerund							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	pull up	present		your blood					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The liquid in your ears keeps spinning and fools your brain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 liquid	det
2	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 ears	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ears	nmod:poss
5	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 liquid	nmod
6	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	spinning	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 keeps	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fools	cc
9	fools	fool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 keeps	conj
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 brain	nmod:poss
11	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fools	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	present	the liquid in your ears		tree rules
2	spin	gerund	the liquid in your ears not said here		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	fool	present	the liquid in your ears not said here	your brain	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Patient

Option 3

Spinning makes the floor tilt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spinning	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tilt	det
4	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tilt	compound
5	tilt	tilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	gerund							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	make	present		the floor tilt					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tilt=Product

Option 4

Spinning makes your legs heavier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spinning	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 legs	nmod:poss
4	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
5	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	gerund							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	make	present		your legs				heavy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset leg=Product

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