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title: oi, stop loading all the bricks at the handle end of the wheelbarrow… — Levers: lifting heavy things with a li… · tree and pragmatics
description: oi, stop loading all the bricks at the handle end of the wheelbarrow, you muppet. why? Test 5 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 w
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# Test 5 · Levers: lifting heavy things with a little push

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oi, stop loading all the bricks at the handle end of the wheelbarrow, you muppet. why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** oi, you · **What happens:** stop, load, muppet · **To what, where:** bricks, handle end

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t5:1
# text = oi, stop loading all the bricks at the handle end of the wheelbarrow, you muppet. why?
1	oi	oi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	loading	load	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bricks	brick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wheelbarrow	wheelbarrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	muppet	muppet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
19	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | infinitive | oi |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **load** | gerund | oi *not said here* | all bricks |  |  | at the handle end of the wheelbarrow |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent brick=Theme at end=Destination |
| 3 | **muppet** |  | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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The wheel will burst under bricks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t5:o1:1
# text = The wheel will burst under bricks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	burst	burst	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bricks	brick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burst** | future | the wheel |  |  | bricks |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under brick=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bricks at the wheel end will make the tyre burst flat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t5:o2:1
# text = Bricks at the wheel end will make the tyre burst flat
1	Bricks	brick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tyre	tyre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	burst	burst	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | future | Bricks at the wheel end |  |  |  |  | flat *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **burst** | past | the tyre |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The handles are made for bricks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t5:o3:1
# text = The handles are made for bricks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	handles	handle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bricks	brick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | the handles |  |  |  | for bricks | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for brick=Asset |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The load is easier to lift close to the wheel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:33-levers-lifting-heavy-things-with-a-little-push:t5:o4:1
# text = The load is easier to lift close to the wheel
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the load |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lift** | to-infinitive | the load *not said here* |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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