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description: In a game, a heavy sword falls fast and a light coin floats down slowly like a leaf. Is that real? Test 8 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; Mov
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# Test 8 · Why things fall: the apple and the pull of the Earth

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In a game, a heavy sword falls fast and a light coin floats down slowly like a leaf. Is that real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** heavy sword, light coin, that · **What happens:** fall, float down, be · **To what, where:** game

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a game, a heavy sword falls fast and a light coin floats down slowly like a leaf.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t8:1
# text = In a game, a heavy sword falls fast and a light coin floats down slowly like a leaf.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	floats	float	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
15	down	down	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
17	like	like	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | a heavy sword |  |  | a game |  | fast *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in game=Location |
| 2 | **float down** | present | a light coin |  |  |  |  | like a leaf; down, slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* Is that real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t8:2
# text = Is that real?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, the coin should really float upwards instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t8:o1:1
# text = No, the coin should really float upwards instead
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	float	float	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	upwards	upwards	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | should | the coin |  |  |  |  | instead, upwards *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, coins are too light to fall very fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t8:o2:1
# text = Yes, coins are too light to fall very fast
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | coins |  |  |  |  | light *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | to-infinitive | coins *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, a coin is compact and falls fast too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t8:o3:1
# text = No, a coin is compact and falls fast too
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	compact	compact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a coin |  |  |  |  | compact *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | present | a coin *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, small metal coins are pulled on much less

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t8:o4:1
# text = Yes, small metal coins are pulled on much less
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	much	much	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull on** | present · passive |  | small metal coins |  |  |  | less *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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