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title: A boy in Glasgow sees his gran bending with straight legs to lift a… — Lifting and carrying heavy things · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Glasgow sees his gran bending with straight legs to lift a bag of potatoes. What could he tell her? Test 1 of lesson 3 «Lifting and carrying heavy things» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 1 · Lifting and carrying heavy things

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A boy in Glasgow sees his gran bending with straight legs to lift a bag of potatoes. What could he tell her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, gran · **What happens:** see, bend, lift, tell · **To what, where:** gran, bag, Glasgow · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 3 «Lifting and carrying heavy things» 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/3-lifting-and-carrying/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Glasgow sees his gran bending with straight legs to lift a bag of potatoes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t1:1
# text = A boy in Glasgow sees his gran bending with straight legs to lift a bag of potatoes.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	bending	bend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	straight	straight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | a boy in Glasgow | boy's gran |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bend** | gerund | boy's gran *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with straight legs | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lift** | to-infinitive | boy's gran *not said here* | a bag of potatoes |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=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:* What could he tell her?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t1:2
# text = What could he tell her?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | boy |  | Glasgow |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Hold it out in front with straight arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t1:o1:1
# text = Hold it out in front with straight arms
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	straight	straight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold out** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | front |  | with straight arms | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in front=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Lift it faster so it is over sooner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t1:o2:1
# text = Lift it faster so it is over sooner
1	Lift	lift	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	over	over	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	sooner	soon	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | fast, soon *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | over *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Twist round to lift it sideways

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t1:o3:1
# text = Twist round to lift it sideways
1	Twist	twist	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	round	round	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	sideways	sideways	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **twist** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **lift** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | sideways *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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

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Bend your knees and keep it close

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t1:o4:1
# text = Bend your knees and keep it close
1	Bend	bend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bend** | imperative | you *not said here* | your knees |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent knee=Material |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | close *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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