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description: Two hikers in Colorado climb a steep trail. One stands straight up, the other leans forward. Who is more likely to topple backwards? Test 5 · ★★★ 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 th
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Reasoning about the body moving in the world

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Two hikers in Colorado climb a steep trail. One stands straight up, the other leans forward. Who is more likely to topple backwards?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Two hikers, One, other · **What happens:** climb, stand, lean, be, topple · **To what, where:** steep trail

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two hikers in Colorado climb a steep trail.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t5:1
# text = Two hikers in Colorado climb a steep trail.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hikers	hiker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Colorado	Colorado	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	climb	climb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | present | Two hikers in Colorado | a steep trail |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location trail=Theme |

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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:* One stands straight up, the other leans forward.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t5:2
# text = One stands straight up, the other leans forward.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	up	up	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj	_	_
8	leans	lean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | One |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lean** | present | the other |  |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Who is more likely to topple backwards?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t5:3
# text = Who is more likely to topple backwards?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	topple	topple	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **topple** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | backwards *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The one leaning forward

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t5:o1:1
# text = The one leaning forward
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	leaning	lean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lean** | gerund | the one *not said here* |  |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The one standing straight up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t5:o2:1
# text = The one standing straight up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund | the one *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Neither, hills do not affect balance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t5:o3:1
# text = Neither, hills do not affect balance
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	affect	affect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	balance	balance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **affect** | present · do-support | hills | balance |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus balance=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Both equally

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body:t5:o4:1
# text = Both equally
1	Both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc:preconj	_	_
2	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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