Exam question 4 · Simple machines and how they help

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a single fixed pulley.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, fix · To what, where: response, single fixed pulley

This is exam question 4 of lesson 52 «Simple machines and how they help» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 pulley	det
13	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 pulley	amod
14	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 pulley	amod
15	pulley	pulley	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a single fixed pulley		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pulley=Experiencer
5	fix	participle				vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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

It alters the direction of the pull but not its magnitude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 alters	nsubj
2	alters	alter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 direction	det
4	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 alters	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 pull	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pull	det
7	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 direction	nmod
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 magnitude	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 magnitude	advmod
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 magnitude	nmod:poss
11	magnitude	magnitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pull	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alter	present	It	the direction of the pull but direction's magnitude					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent direction=Patient

Option 2

It reduces the required pull to one half of the load

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reduces	nsubj
2	reduces	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pull	det
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 pull	amod
5	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduces	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 half	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 half	nummod
8	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	2 reduces	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 load	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 load	det
11	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 half	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	present	It	the required pull				to one half of the load goal	vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer pull=Patient to half=Goal
2	require	participle							vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It increases the required pull to twice the load

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 increases	nsubj
2	increases	increase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pull	det
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 pull	amod
5	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increases	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	9 load	mark
7	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 load	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 load	det
9	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pull	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	present	It	the required pull					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer pull=Patient
2	require	participle							vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It alters neither the direction nor the magnitude of the pull

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 alters	nsubj
2	alters	alter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	5 direction	cc:preconj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 direction	det
5	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 alters	obj
6	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	8 magnitude	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 magnitude	det
8	magnitude	magnitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 direction	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 pull	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pull	det
11	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 magnitude	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alter	present	It	the direction nor the magnitude of the pull					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent direction=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/52-simple-machines/e4/