--- title: In a cartoon a pendulum keeps swinging higher and higher with nobody… — Swings and pendulums · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon a pendulum keeps swinging higher and higher with nobody pushing. Is that real? Test 7 · ★★ 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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · Swings and pendulums In a cartoon a pendulum keeps swinging higher and higher with nobody pushing. Is that real? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pendulum, nobody, that · **What happens:** keep, swing, push, be · **To what, where:** cartoon This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a pendulum keeps swinging higher and higher with nobody pushing. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:10-swings-and-pendulums:t7:1 # text = In a cartoon a pendulum keeps swinging higher and higher with nobody pushing. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pendulum pendulum NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 swinging swing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 xcomp _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 conj _ _ 11 with with SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 13 nsubj _ _ 13 pushing push VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | a pendulum | | | a cartoon | | | tree rules | | 2 | **swing** | gerund | a pendulum *not said here* | | | | | high *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **push** | gerund | nobody | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | 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:* Is that real? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:10-swings-and-pendulums:t7:2 # 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 _ _ ``` | # | 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 {#o1} Yes, if the room is warm ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:10-swings-and-pendulums:t7:o1:1 # text = Yes, if the room is warm 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the room | | | | | warm *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, it would stop at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:10-swings-and-pendulums:t7:o2:1 # text = No, it would stop at once 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | it | | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, it would swing lower and lower ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:10-swings-and-pendulums:t7:o3:1 # text = No, it would swing lower and lower 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 swing swing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swing** | would | it | | | | | low *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, pendulums always speed up as they go ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:10-swings-and-pendulums:t7:o4:1 # text = Yes, pendulums always speed up as they go 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 pendulums pendulum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 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 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speed up** | present | pendulums | | | | | always *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | present | pendulums *= pendulum* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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