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title: mate says levers are magic, you get something for free. right? — Levers: lifting heavy things with a li… · tree and pragmatics
description: mate says levers are magic, you get something for free. right? Test 1 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 of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 1 · Levers: lifting heavy things with a little push

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
mate says levers are magic, you get something for free. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, levers, you · **What happens:** say, be, get · **To what, where:** something · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 33 «Levers: lifting heavy things with a little push» 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/33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t1:1
# text = mate says levers are magic, you get something for free. right?
1	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	levers	lever	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
13	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | levers |  |  |  |  | magic *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | present | you | something |  |  |  | for free | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent something=Theme for free=Source |

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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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Yes, levers make energy out of nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, levers make energy out of nothing
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	levers	lever	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | levers | energy |  | nothing |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset energy=Product |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, you push less, but you have to push further

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t1:o2:1
# text = No, you push less, but you have to push further
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	push	push	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	push	push	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	further	far	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | present | you |  |  |  |  | less *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **push** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | far *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, levers only make things harder to lift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t1:o3:1
# text = No, levers only make things harder to lift
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	levers	lever	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | levers | things |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product |
| 2 | **lift** | to-infinitive | things *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, a lever doubles your strength and your speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, a lever doubles your strength and your speed
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lever	lever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	doubles	double	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **double** | present | a lever | your strength and your speed |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent strength=Patient |

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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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