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description: Your mate pushes the roundabout from near the middle and it barely moves. What do you tell him? Test 6 · ★ 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 wron
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# Test 6 · ★ · Wheels, axles, ramps and screws

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Your mate pushes the roundabout from near the middle and it barely moves. What do you tell him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, you · **What happens:** push, move, tell · **To what, where:** roundabout, middle, him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate pushes the roundabout from near the middle and it barely moves.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t6:1
# text = Your mate pushes the roundabout from near the middle and it barely moves.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	roundabout	roundabout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	barely	barely	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | present | Your mate | the roundabout |  | the middle |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent roundabout=Theme from middle=Trajectory |
| 2 | **move** | present | mate |  |  |  |  | barely *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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 do you tell him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t6:2
# text = What do you tell him?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sit on it first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t6:o1:1
# text = Sit on it first
1	Sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | it |  | first *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Push harder near the middle, it just needs more muscle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t6:o2:1
# text = Push harder near the middle, it just needs more muscle
1	Push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	harder	hard	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
3	near	near	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	amod	_	_
11	muscle	muscle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the middle |  | hard *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent near middle=Trajectory |
| 2 | **need** | present | middle | more muscle |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot muscle=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Push the axle directly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t6:o3:1
# text = Push the axle directly
1	Push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	axle	axle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* | the axle |  |  |  | directly *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axle=Theme |

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

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Push at the edge, it turns more easily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t6:o4:1
# text = Push at the edge, it turns more easily
1	Push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
9	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the edge | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at edge=Theme |
| 2 | **turn** | present | edge |  |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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