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title: How could you hold two bits of wood together really tightly without… — Wheels, axles, ramps and screws · tree and pragmatics
description: How could you hold two bits of wood together really tightly without glue? Test 7 · ★ 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 7 · ★ · Wheels, axles, ramps and screws

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How could you hold two bits of wood together really tightly without glue?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** hold · **To what, where:** two bits

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t7:1
# text = How could you hold two bits of wood together really tightly without glue?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	together	together	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
10	really	really	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
12	without	without	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	glue	glue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | could | you | two bits of wood |  |  |  | without glue; tightly, together *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Push a rolling pin over them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t7:o1:1
# text = Push a rolling pin over them
1	Push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	pin	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* | a rolling pin |  |  |  | over them *= they* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent pin=Theme over they=Trajectory |
| 2 | **roll** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Drive a screw through them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t7:o2:1
# text = Drive a screw through them
1	Drive	drive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	screw	screw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | imperative | you *not said here* | a screw |  |  |  | through them *= they* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent screw=Theme through they=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rest a door stop against them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t7:o3:1
# text = Rest a door stop against them
1	Rest	rest	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | imperative | you *not said here* | a door stop |  |  |  | against them *= they* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent stop=Theme against they=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tie a wheel to them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t7:o4:1
# text = Tie a wheel to them
1	Tie	tie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | imperative | you *not said here* | a wheel | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent wheel=Patient to they=Co-Patient |

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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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