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title: Without a parachute, why would a dandelion seed not travel far? — Parachutes, skydivers and falling safely · tree and pragmatics
description: Without a parachute, why would a dandelion seed not travel far? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 3 «Parachutes, skydivers and falling safely» 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.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Parachutes, skydivers and falling safely

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Without a parachute, why would a dandelion seed not travel far?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dandelion seed · **What happens:** not travel

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 3 «Parachutes, skydivers and falling safely» 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/3-parachutes-and-falling-safely/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:3-parachutes-and-falling-safely:t10:1
# text = Without a parachute, why would a dandelion seed not travel far?
1	Without	without	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	parachute	parachute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	dandelion	dandelion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	travel	travel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **travel** | would | a dandelion seed |  |  |  |  | without a parachute; far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It would fly too high up to land anywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:3-parachutes-and-falling-safely:t10:o1:1
# text = It would fly too high up to land anywhere
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	land	land	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | would | It |  |  |  |  | high *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **land** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | anywhere *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It would fall quickly near its parent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:3-parachutes-and-falling-safely:t10:o2:1
# text = It would fall quickly near its parent
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | would | It |  |  |  |  | near its parent; quickly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near parent=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It would start to grow while still in the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:3-parachutes-and-falling-safely:t10:o3:1
# text = It would start to grow while still in the air
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | would | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **grow** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the air | still |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It would be much too heavy for the wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:3-parachutes-and-falling-safely:t10:o4:1
# text = It would be much too heavy for the wind
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
4	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | It |  |  |  |  | for the wind; heavy *property* | tree rules |

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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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