Test 13 · ★ · Pushes, pulls, friction and wheels

my sister reckons friction is always bad. right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, friction · What happens: reckon, be

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 85 «Pushes, pulls, friction and wheels» 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 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	friction	friction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bad	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 bad	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 bad	advmod
7	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reckons	ccomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct
9	right	right	INTJ	_	3 reckons	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	my sister						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	friction					always, bad property	tree rules

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 right answer

No, friction helps tyres, shoes and brakes to grip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 friction	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	friction	friction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 helps	nsubj
4	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	tyres	tyre	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 helps	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 shoes	punct
7	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tyres	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 brakes	cc
9	brakes	brake	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tyres	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 grip	mark
11	grip	grip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 helps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	friction	tyres and shoes and brakes					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent tyre=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	grip	to-infinitive	tyres and shoes and brakes not said here						vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

No, friction only matters when things move through water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 friction	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	friction	friction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 matters	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 matters	advmod
5	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 move	advmod
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 move	nsubj
8	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 matters	advcl
9	through	through	ADP	_	10 water	case
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	present	friction						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	move	present	things			water			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme through water=Trajectory

Option 3

Yes, friction only wears things out and wastes energy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 friction	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	friction	friction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wears	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 wears	advmod
5	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wears	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	5 wears	compound:prt
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wastes	cc
9	wastes	waste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wears	conj
10	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wastes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear out	present	friction	things					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent thing=Source
2	waste	present	friction not said here	energy					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, cars would work better with no friction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 work	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 work	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 work	aux
5	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 work	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 friction	case
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 friction	det
9	friction	friction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	would	cars					with no friction; well property	vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with friction=Co-Agent

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