--- title: Why can a tennis racket send the ball so fast? — Levers: lifting heavy things with a li… · tree and pragmatics description: Why can a tennis racket send the ball so fast? Test 11 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push/t11/) [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/) / [Levers: lifting heavy things with a li…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push/) / t11 # Test 11 · Levers: lifting heavy things with a little push Why can a tennis racket send the ball so fast? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tennis racket · **What happens:** send · **To what, where:** ball This is test 11 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t11:1 # text = Why can a tennis racket send the ball so fast? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 tennis tennis NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 racket racket NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | can | a tennis racket | the ball | | | | fast *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It works like a long arm, turning small wrist moves into big fast ones ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t11:o1:1 # text = It works like a long arm, turning small wrist moves into big fast ones 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 csubj _ _ 9 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 wrist wrist NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 moves move VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | It | | | | | like a long arm | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **turn** | gerund | | small wrist | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wrist=Theme | | 3 | **move** | present | turning | | | | | into big fast ones | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into one=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It is heavier than the ball ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t11:o2:1 # text = It is heavier than the ball 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 than than ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | than the ball; heavy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Its strings are magnetic ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t11:o3:1 # text = Its strings are magnetic 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 magnetic magnetic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Its strings | | | | | magnetic *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is full of springs that push the ball ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t11:o4:1 # text = It is full of springs that push the ball 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 springs spring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 push push VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | spring | full *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **push** | present | springs | the ball | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=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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