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title: What would happen if you dug a hole right through the Earth and clim… — Why things fall: the apple and the pul… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if you dug a hole right through the Earth and climbed in? Test 4 of lesson 1 «Why things fall: the apple and the pull of the Earth» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 4 · Why things fall: the apple and the pull of the Earth

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What would happen if you dug a hole right through the Earth and climbed in?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, dig, climb · **To what, where:** hole

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This is test 4 of lesson 1 «Why things fall: the apple and the pull of the Earth» of the physics 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/physics/1-why-things-fall/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t4:1
# text = What would happen if you dug a hole right through the Earth and climbed in?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	dug	dig	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **dig** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | a hole |  |  |  | through the Earth | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent hole=Instrument through earth=Patient |
| 3 | **climb** | past | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Once past the middle, "down" would turn into "up"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t4:o1:1
# text = Once past the middle, "down" would turn into "up"
1	Once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	advmod	_	_
2	past	past	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would |  |  |  | up |  | down, once *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into up=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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You would get heavier and heavier all the way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t4:o2:1
# text = You would get heavier and heavier all the way
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | You | all way |  |  |  | heavy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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You would fall out the other side into space

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t4:o3:1
# text = You would fall out the other side into space
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall out** | would | You | the other side |  |  |  | into space *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into space=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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You would float in the hole from the start

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t4:o4:1
# text = You would float in the hole from the start
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	float	float	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | would | You |  |  | the hole |  | from the start | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme in hole=Source from start=Trajectory |

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