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title: My mate says if you push the swing harder it'll go back and forth wa… — Swings and pendulums · tree and pragmatics
description: My mate says if you push the swing harder it'll go back and forth way faster. right? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Swings and pendulums» 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 wrong.
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Swings and pendulums

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My mate says if you push the swing harder it'll go back and forth way faster. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, you · **What happens:** say, push, go back · **To what, where:** swing, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Swings and pendulums» 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/10-swings-and-pendulums/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:10-swings-and-pendulums:t1:1
# text = My mate says if you push the swing harder it'll go back and forth way faster. right?
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	push	push	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	swing	swing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	harder	hard	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	13	conj	_	_
16	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
17	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
19	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | My mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **push** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | the swing |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swing=Theme |
| 3 | **go back** | future | mate | way |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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Yes, hard pushes speed up the rhythm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:10-swings-and-pendulums:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, hard pushes speed up the rhythm
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
4	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
5	speed	speed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rhythm	rhythm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **speed up** | present | hard | the rhythm |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rhythm=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, it takes much longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:10-swings-and-pendulums:t1:o2:1
# text = No, it takes much longer
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | it |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, twice as hard means twice as fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:10-swings-and-pendulums:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, twice as hard means twice as fast
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	6	cc	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	fixed	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, it goes higher but takes about the same time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:10-swings-and-pendulums:t1:o4:1
# text = No, it goes higher but takes about the same time
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | it |  |  |  |  | high *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | present |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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