Test 11 · ★ · Simple machines and how they help

my mate says a pulley always makes lifting lighter. true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, pulley · What happens: say, make, lift · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 52 «Simple machines and how they help» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pulley	det
5	pulley	pulley	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 makes	nsubj
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 makes	advmod
7	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
8	lifting	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 makes	xcomp
9	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 lifting	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 makes	punct
11	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 makes	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make	present	a pulley	always, true property	tree rules
3	lift	gerund	a pulley not said here	light property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: 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

No, a pulley makes lifting heavier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 makes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pulley	det
4	pulley	pulley	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	nsubj
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	lifting	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 makes	xcomp
7	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	a pulley					heavy property	tree rules
2	lift	gerund	a pulley not said here						vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, pulleys make loads lighter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 make	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	pulleys	pulley	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	nsubj
4	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	obj
6	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 make	xcomp

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

Option 3

Yes, any pulley halves the weight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 halves	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 pulley	det
4	pulley	pulley	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 halves	nsubj
5	halves	halve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 weight	det
7	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 halves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	halve	present	any pulley	the weight					vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent weight=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, one fixed pulley only changes the direction of the pull

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 pulley	nummod
4	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 pulley	amod
5	pulley	pulley	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 changes	nsubj
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 changes	advmod
7	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 direction	det
9	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 changes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 pull	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pull	det
12	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 direction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	participle							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	change	present	one fixed pulley	the direction of the pull					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Patient

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