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title: Ascertain the position in which a load ought to be placed in a wheel… — Levers: lifting heavy things with a li… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the position in which a load ought to be placed in a wheelbarrow so as to minimise the effort required. Exam question 2 of lesson 33 «Levers: lifting heavy things with a little push» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 2 · Levers: lifting heavy things with a little push

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Ascertain the position in which a load ought to be placed in a wheelbarrow so as to minimise the effort required.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, place, minimise, require · **To what, where:** position, load, effort

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 33 «Levers: lifting heavy things with a little push» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the position in which a load ought to be placed in a wheelbarrow so as to minimise the effort required.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wheelbarrow	wheelbarrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
16	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	minimise	minimise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the position |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Topic |
| 2 | **place** | ought · passive | you *not said here* | a load |  | the position |  | in a wheelbarrow | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination |
| 3 | **minimise** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the effort |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **require** | participle |  | the effort *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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In close proximity to the handles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:e2:o1:1
# text = In close proximity to the handles
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	proximity	proximity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	handles	handle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Overhanging the rear of the barrow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:e2:o2:1
# text = Overhanging the rear of the barrow
1	Overhanging	overhang	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rear	rear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	barrow	barrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overhang** | gerund |  | the rear of the barrow |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rear=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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In close proximity to the wheel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:e2:o3:1
# text = In close proximity to the wheel
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	proximity	proximity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The position is immaterial to the effort

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:e2:o4:1
# text = The position is immaterial to the effort
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	immaterial	immaterial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the position |  |  |  |  | to the effort; immaterial *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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