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description: It is given that a heavy bag is carried in the right hand. Determine the manner in which the body adjusts so as to remain balanced. Exam question 4 of lesson 10 «Reasoning about the body moving in the world» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 4 · Reasoning about the body moving in the world

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It is given that a heavy bag is carried in the right hand. Determine the manner in which the body adjusts so as to remain balanced.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, body · **What happens:** give, carry, determine, adjust, balance · **To what, where:** It, heavy bag, right hand, manner

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 10 «Reasoning about the body moving in the world» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a heavy bag is carried in the right hand.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:e4:1
# text = It is given that a heavy bag is carried in the right hand.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **carry** | present · passive |  | a heavy bag |  | the right hand |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in hand=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine the manner in which the body adjusts so as to remain balanced.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:e4:2
# text = Determine the manner in which the body adjusts so as to remain balanced.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	adjusts	adjust	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
12	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	balanced	balance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Topic |
| 2 | **adjust** | present | the body |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **balance** | to-infinitive · passive | the body *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V» |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The body leans backward exclusively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:e4:o1:1
# text = The body leans backward exclusively
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	leans	lean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	backward	backward	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lean** | present | the body |  |  |  |  | backward, exclusively *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The body leans further towards the right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:e4:o2:1
# text = The body leans further towards the right
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	leans	lean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	further	further	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lean** | present | the body |  |  |  |  | towards the right; further *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The body makes no adjustment of any kind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:e4:o3:1
# text = The body makes no adjustment of any kind
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	adjustment	adjustment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the body | no adjustment of any kind |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset adjustment=Product |
| 2 | **adjust** |  | any kind |  |  |  |  |  | nom adjustment «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The body leans towards the left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:e4:o4:1
# text = The body leans towards the left
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	leans	lean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lean** | present | the body |  |  |  |  | towards the left | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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