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title: A walker climbs a mountain by a zigzag path instead of straight up.… — Wheels, axles, ramps and screws · tree and pragmatics
description: A walker climbs a mountain by a zigzag path instead of straight up. What does she gain and lose? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 34 «Wheels, axles, ramps and screws» 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 wro
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# Test 3 · ★ · Wheels, axles, ramps and screws

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A walker climbs a mountain by a zigzag path instead of straight up. What does she gain and lose?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** walker · **What happens:** climb, gain, lose · **To what, where:** mountain

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 34 «Wheels, axles, ramps and screws» 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/34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A walker climbs a mountain by a zigzag path instead of straight up.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t3:1
# text = A walker climbs a mountain by a zigzag path instead of straight up.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	walker	walker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	climbs	climb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	zigzag	zigzag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	up	up	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | present | a walker | a mountain |  |  |  | by a zigzag path | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location mountain=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does she gain and lose?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t3:2
# text = What does she gain and lose?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gain	gain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gain** | present · do-support | walker |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | infinitive | walker *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Each step is easier and the path is shorter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t3:o1:1
# text = Each step is easier and the path is shorter
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	step	step	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	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	shorter	short	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | each step |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the path |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |

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

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Each step is easier, but she walks further

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t3:o2:1
# text = Each step is easier, but she walks further
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	step	step	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	further	further	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | each step |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | present | she |  |  |  |  | further *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Each step is harder, but she walks less

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t3:o3:1
# text = Each step is harder, but she walks less
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | each step |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | present | she |  |  |  |  | less *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She gains nothing and loses time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t3:o4:1
# text = She gains nothing and loses time
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gains	gain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	loses	lose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gain** | present | She | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: 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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