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title: A lift's cable snaps. Why would the people inside feel like floating… — The Moon, the planets and the pull tha… · tree and pragmatics
description: A lift's cable snaps. Why would the people inside feel like floating for a moment? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 2 «The Moon, the planets and the pull that holds them» 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
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# Test 6 · ★ · The Moon, the planets and the pull that holds them

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A lift's cable snaps. Why would the people inside feel like floating for a moment?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cable, lift, people · **What happens:** snap, cable, feel, float

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 2 «The Moon, the planets and the pull that holds them» 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/2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A lift's cable snaps.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull:t6:1
# text = A lift's cable snaps.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	cable	cable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	snaps	snap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snap** | present | a lift's cable |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cable** |  | a lift |  |  |  |  |  | nom cable «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Why would the people inside feel like floating for a moment?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull:t6:2
# text = Why would the people inside feel like floating for a moment?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | would | the people |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **float** | gerund | the people *not said here* |  |  |  | moment |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They and the lift fall together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull:t6:o1:1
# text = They and the lift fall together
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall together** | infinitive | They |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Gravity stops working inside a lift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull:t6:o2:1
# text = Gravity stops working inside a lift
1	Gravity	gravity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | Gravity |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **work** | gerund | Gravity *not said here* |  |  | a lift |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The lift goes up first, then down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull:t6:o3:1
# text = The lift goes up first, then down
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** | present | the lift |  |  |  |  | down, first *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Air rushes in and holds them up high

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull:t6:o4:1
# text = Air rushes in and holds them up high
1	Air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rushes	rush	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rush in** | present | Air |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hold up** | present | Air *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | high *property* | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme |

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