Test 9 · ★ · Simple machines and how they help

why push a heavy box up a ramp not just lift it

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: push, not lift · To what, where: heavy box, ramp, box

This is test 9 · ★ 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 push	advmod
2	push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 box	det
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 box	amod
5	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 push	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	8 ramp	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 ramp	det
8	ramp	ramp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 push	obl
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 lift	advmod
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 lift	advmod
11	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 push	advcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 lift	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	imperative	you not said here	a heavy box		a ramp			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent box=Theme up ramp=Trajectory
2	not lift	infinitive	you not said here	box					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 ramp saves both force and distance at the same time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ramp	det
2	ramp	ramp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saves	nsubj
3	saves	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 force	det
5	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saves	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 distance	cc
7	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 force	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 time	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 time	det
10	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 time	amod
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	present	the ramp	both force and distance			time		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent force=Theme

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

The ramp needs less force but a longer path

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ramp	det
2	ramp	ramp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needs	nsubj
3	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 force	amod
5	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needs	obj
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 path	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 path	det
8	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 path	amod
9	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 force	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	the ramp	less force but a longer path					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot force=Theme

Option 3

The ramp pulls the box up itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ramp	det
2	ramp	ramp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pulls	nsubj
3	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 box	det
5	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pulls	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	3 pulls	compound:prt
7	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 pulls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull up	present	the ramp	the box				ramp obl	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme

Option 4

The ramp makes the box lighter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ramp	det
2	ramp	ramp	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 box	det
5	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
6	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 makes	xcomp

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

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