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description: In a cartoon, a knight pushes his cart straight up a cliff. What would a real engineer build? Test 4 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Wheels, axles, ramps and screws

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In a cartoon, a knight pushes his cart straight up a cliff. What would a real engineer build?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** knight · **What happens:** push · **To what, where:** cart, cartoon

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a knight pushes his cart straight up a cliff.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t4:1
# text = In a cartoon, a knight pushes his cart straight up a cliff.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | present | a knight | knight's cart |  | a cartoon |  | up a cliff | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cart=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory |

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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 would a real engineer build?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t4:2
# text = What would a real engineer build?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	engineer	engineer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	build	build	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Square wheels on the cart, so it grips the rock better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t4:o1:1
# text = Square wheels on the cart, so it grips the rock better
1	Square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	grips	grip	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grip** | present | Square wheels on the cart | the rock |  |  |  | well *property* | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A heavier cart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t4:o2:1
# text = A heavier cart
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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A long, gentle ramp or a zigzag road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t4:o3:1
# text = A long, gentle ramp or a zigzag road
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ramp	ramp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	zigzag	zigzag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A taller cliff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t4:o4:1
# text = A taller cliff
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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