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title: why u lean forward walking up a hill — Reasoning about the body moving in the… · tree and pragmatics
description: why u lean forward walking up a hill Test 13 · ★★★ 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 the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 13 · ★★★ · Reasoning about the body moving in the world

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why u lean forward walking up a hill

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** lean, walk up · **To what, where:** hill

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This is test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Reasoning about the body moving in the world» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t13:1
# text = why u lean forward walking up a hill
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	u	u	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	discourse	_	_
3	lean	lean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **walk up** | gerund |  | a hill |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hill=Trajectory |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To see the top of the hill much sooner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t13:o1:1
# text = To see the top of the hill much sooner
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	much	much	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	sooner	soon	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  | the top of the hill |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer top=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To keep your weight over your feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t13:o2:1
# text = To keep your weight over your feet
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | your weight |  | your feet |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent weight=Theme over foot=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because gravity points up the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t13:o3:1
# text = Because gravity points up the hill
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	gravity	gravity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	points	point	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point up** | present | gravity | the hill |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hill=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because your legs get shorter on a slope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t13:o4:1
# text = Because your legs get shorter on a slope
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	shorter	short	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	slope	slope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | your legs |  |  | a slope |  | short *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on slope=Source |

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