Test 10 · Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and magnets

why's the floor so slippy after mopping

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: floor · What happens: be, mop

This is test 10 of lesson 51 «Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and magnets» of the world 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	6 slippy	advmod
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 slippy	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 floor	det
4	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slippy	nsubj
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 slippy	advmod
6	slippy	slippy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 mopping	mark
8	mopping	mop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 slippy	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the floor					slippy property	tree rules
2	mop	gerund	the floor not said here						vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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

Water reduces friction between your shoes and the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduces	nsubj
2	reduces	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	friction	friction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduces	obj
4	between	between	ADP	_	6 shoes	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 shoes	nmod:poss
6	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reduces	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 floor	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 floor	det
9	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shoes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	present	Water	friction				between your shoes and the floor	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer friction=Patient

Option 2

Wet floors pull you down harder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 floors	amod
2	floors	floor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pull	nsubj
3	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 pull	obj
5	down	down	ADP	_	3 pull	compound:prt
6	harder	hard	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 pull	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull down	present	Wet floors	you				hard property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent you=Result

Option 3

The water pushes your feet away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushes	nsubj
3	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 feet	nmod:poss
5	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pushes	obj
6	away	away	ADV	_	3 pushes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push away	present	the water	your feet				away property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme

Option 4

The mop makes the floor magnetic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mop	det
2	mop	mop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 floor	det
5	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
6	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the mop	the floor				magnetic property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material floor=Product

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