--- title: Ella has to move a crate of water bottles across the garage. What is… — Lifting and carrying heavy things · tree and pragmatics description: Ella has to move a crate of water bottles across the garage. What is the wisest way? Test 4 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Lifting and carrying heavy things](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/) / t4 # Test 4 · Lifting and carrying heavy things Ella has to move a crate of water bottles across the garage. What is the wisest way? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ella, wisest way · **What happens:** have, move, be · **To what, where:** crate, garage This is test 4 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ella has to move a crate of water bottles across the garage. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t4:1 # text = Ella has to move a crate of water bottles across the garage. 1 Ella Ella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 crate crate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 bottles bottle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 across across ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 garage garage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Ella | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **move** | to-infinitive | Ella *not said here* | a crate of water bottles | | the garage | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent crate=Theme across garage=Trajectory | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is the wisest way? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t4:2 # text = What is the wisest way? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 wisest wise ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the wisest way | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Drag it along the floor with a twisted back ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t4:o1:1 # text = Drag it along the floor with a twisted back 1 Drag drag 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 along along ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 twisted twisted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drag** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | along the floor; with a twisted back | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Carry it on one shoulder ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t4:o2:1 # text = Carry it on one shoulder 1 Carry carry 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 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | one shoulder | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Put it on a trolley and wheel it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t4:o3:1 # text = Put it on a trolley and wheel it 1 Put put 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 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 trolley trolley NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | a trolley and wheel | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent it=Asset it=Goal | ### Option 4 {#o4} Lift it over her head ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t4:o4:1 # text = Lift it over her head 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 over over ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | her head | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme over head=Destination | **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. 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