--- title: A pendulum is made four times longer. What happens to its swing time? — Swings and pendulums · tree and pragmatics description: A pendulum is made four times longer. What happens to its swing time? Test 6 · ★★ 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/t6/) [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/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Swings and pendulums](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Swings and pendulums A pendulum is made four times longer. What happens to its swing time? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** make, happen · **To what, where:** pendulum This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A pendulum is made four times longer. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:10-swings-and-pendulums:t6:1 # text = A pendulum is made four times longer. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pendulum pendulum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 longer long ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · passive | | a pendulum | | | | long *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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 happens to its swing time? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:10-swings-and-pendulums:t6:2 # text = What happens to its swing time? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 swing swing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It takes twice as long ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:10-swings-and-pendulums:t6:o1:1 # text = It takes twice as long 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 advmod _ _ 4 as as ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present | It | | | | | long, twice *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It takes four times as long ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:10-swings-and-pendulums:t6:o2:1 # text = It takes four times as long 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present | It | | | | time | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It stays exactly the same ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:10-swings-and-pendulums:t6:o3:1 # text = It stays exactly the same 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | present | It | | | | | same *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It takes half as long ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:10-swings-and-pendulums:t6:o4:1 # text = It takes half as long 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 2 advmod _ _ 4 as as ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present | It | | | | | half, long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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