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title: Noah couldn't lift the box in PE and the big kids called him weak, g… — Lifting and carrying heavy things · tree and pragmatics
description: Noah couldn't lift the box in PE and the big kids called him weak, gonna tell everyone lol Test 19 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 19 · Lifting and carrying heavy things

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Noah couldn't lift the box in PE and the big kids called him weak, gonna tell everyone lol

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Noah, big kids · **What happens:** not lift, call, tell · **To what, where:** box, PE, Noah, everyone · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 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/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t19:1
# text = Noah couldn't lift the box in PE and the big kids called him weak, gonna tell everyone lol
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	PE	PE	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	18	dep	_	_
18	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
19	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	18	iobj	_	_
20	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	18	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **lift** | could | Noah | the box |  | PE |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent box=Theme in pe=Destination |
| 2 | **call** | past | the big kids |  | Noah |  |  | weak *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Noah *not said here* |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, asking for help with a heavy load is sensible, and mocking him is unkind

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t19:o1:1
# text = No, asking for help with a heavy load is sensible, and mocking him is unkind
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	mocking	mock	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	csubj	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for help; with a heavy load | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | asking |  |  |  |  | sensible *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **mock** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present | mocking |  |  |  |  | unkind *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, since being strong matters most at school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t19:o2:1
# text = Yes, since being strong matters most at school
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj	_	_
6	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **matter** | present | strong |  |  | school |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only to the kids in his team

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t19:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only to the kids in his team
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, because he should have lifted it alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t19:o4:1
# text = Yes, because he should have lifted it alone
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
7	lifted	lift	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | should · perfect | he | it |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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