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title: Leo tries to cut a thick cereal box with the tips of the scissors. W… — Levers: lifting heavy things with a li… · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo tries to cut a thick cereal box with the tips of the scissors. What tip would you give him? Test 3 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 cho
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# Test 3 · Levers: lifting heavy things with a little push

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Leo tries to cut a thick cereal box with the tips of the scissors. What tip would you give him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leo, tip · **What happens:** try, cut, give · **To what, where:** thick cereal box, Leo

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo tries to cut a thick cereal box with the tips of the scissors.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t3:1
# text = Leo tries to cut a thick cereal box with the tips of the scissors.
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tries	try	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	cereal	cereal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tips	tip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | present | Leo |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **cut** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Leo *not said here* | a thick cereal box |  |  |  | with the tips of the scissors | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Patient with tip=Instrument |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What tip would you give him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t3:2
# text = What tip would you give him?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	tip	tip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | would | what tip |  | Leo |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Turn the scissors upside down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t3:o1:1
# text = Turn the scissors upside down
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	upside	upside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* | the scissors |  |  |  | down *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent scissors=Theme upside=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Use the very tips of the blades and press much harder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t3:o2:1
# text = Use the very tips of the blades and press much harder
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	tips	tip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	blades	blade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	press	press	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	much	much	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | the tips of the blades |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tip=Patient |
| 2 | **press** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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

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Slide the card deep in, near the hinge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t3:o3:1
# text = Slide the card deep in, near the hinge
1	Slide	slide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hinge	hinge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slide** | imperative | you *not said here* | the card |  | the hinge |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent card=Theme near hinge=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cut faster so it does not notice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t3:o4:1
# text = Cut faster so it does not notice
1	Cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
3	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **notice** | present · do-support | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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