--- title: Leo has a heavy shopping bag. How can he make carrying easier? — Lifting and carrying heavy things · tree and pragmatics description: Leo has a heavy shopping bag. How can he make carrying easier? Test 9 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · Lifting and carrying heavy things Leo has a heavy shopping bag. How can he make carrying easier? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leo · **What happens:** have, make, carry · **To what, where:** heavy shopping bag This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Leo has a heavy shopping bag. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t9:1 # text = Leo has a heavy shopping bag. 1 Leo Leo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 shopping shopping NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Leo | a heavy shopping bag | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Patient | 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:* How can he make carrying easier? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t9:2 # text = How can he make carrying easier? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 obj _ _ 6 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | can | Leo | | | | | easy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **carry** | gerund | | | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Hold it on one finger ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t9:o1:1 # text = Hold it on one finger 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 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | one finger | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme on finger=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Hold it far out to the side ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t9:o2:1 # text = Hold it far out to the side 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 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | to the side; out *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Split it into two bags, one for each hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t9:o3:1 # text = Split it into two bags, one for each hand 1 Split split 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 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 bags bag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 appos _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **split** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | into two bags *result*; for each hand | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient into bag=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} Carry it on his head without holding it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t9:o4:1 # text = Carry it on his head without holding it 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 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 without without SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | his head | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **hold** | gerund | you *not said here* | head | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | **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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