--- title: In a cartoon, a ball bounces forever just as high each time. What's… — Energy: what makes things happen · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon, a ball bounces forever just as high each time. What's wrong? Test 4 of lesson 31 «Energy: what makes things happen» 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/31-energy-what-makes-things-happen/t4/) [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/) / [Energy: what makes things happen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/31-energy-what-makes-things-happen/) / t4 # Test 4 · Energy: what makes things happen In a cartoon, a ball bounces forever just as high each time. What's wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ball · **What happens:** bounce, be · **To what, where:** cartoon This is test 4 of lesson 31 «Energy: what makes things happen» 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/31-energy-what-makes-things-happen/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a ball bounces forever just as high each time. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t4:1 # text = In a cartoon, a ball bounces forever just as high each time. 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 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 bounces bounce VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 forever forever ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 as as ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advcl _ _ 12 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bounce** | present | a ball | | | a cartoon | | forever *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory | 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's wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t4:2 # text = What's wrong? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong 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 | | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A real ball loses some energy as heat and sound each bounce ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t4:o1:1 # text = A real ball loses some energy as heat and sound each bounce 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 loses lose VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 energy energy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 sound sound VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 bounce bounce NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | present | a real ball | some energy | | | | as heat | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Eventuality | | 2 | **sound** | present | a real ball *not said here* | each bounce | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bounce=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Balls should stop after exactly one bounce ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t4:o2:1 # text = Balls should stop after exactly one bounce 1 Balls ball NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 bounce bounce NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | should | Balls | | | | after one bounce | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, balls bounce forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t4:o3:1 # text = Nothing, balls bounce forever 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 balls ball NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bounce bounce VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 forever forever ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bounce** | present | Nothing balls | | | | | forever *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Balls should bounce higher each time ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t4:o4:1 # text = Balls should bounce higher each time 1 Balls ball NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 bounce bounce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 higher high ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 5 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bounce** | should | Balls | | | | time | high *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «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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