Test 8 · ★ · Simple machines and how they help

If you move the pivot of a lever closer to the heavy load, what happens?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: move, happen · To what, where: pivot

This is test 8 · ★ 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	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 move	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 move	nsubj
3	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 happens	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pivot	det
5	pivot	pivot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 move	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 lever	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lever	det
8	lever	lever	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pivot	nmod
9	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 move	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 load	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 load	det
12	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 load	amod
13	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 closer	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 happens	punct
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 happens	nsubj
16	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move a condition, not said to happen	present	you	the pivot of a lever					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pivot=Theme
2	happen	present							vn occur-48.3-1 «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

The load becomes heavier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 load	det
2	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 becomes	nsubj
3	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 becomes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	the load					heavy property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Lifting the load needs less force

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lifting	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 needs	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 load	det
3	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lifting	obj
4	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 force	amod
6	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	gerund		the load					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme
2	need	present	Lifting	less force					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot force=Theme

Option 3

Nothing changes at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 changes	nsubj
2	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 all	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 changes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	Nothing			all			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Lifting the load needs more force

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lifting	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 needs	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 load	det
3	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lifting	obj
4	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 force	amod
6	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	gerund		the load					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme
2	need	present	Lifting	more force					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot force=Theme

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