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title: Jas is cycling up a steep hill and her legs are dying. What should s… — Pulleys, gears and big machines · tree and pragmatics
description: Jas is cycling up a steep hill and her legs are dying. What should she do? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 35 «Pulleys, gears and big machines» 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 5 · ★★ · Pulleys, gears and big machines

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Jas is cycling up a steep hill and her legs are dying. What should she do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jas, legs · **What happens:** cycle up, die, do · **To what, where:** steep hill

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 35 «Pulleys, gears and big machines» 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/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jas is cycling up a steep hill and her legs are dying.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines:t5:1
# text = Jas is cycling up a steep hill and her legs are dying.
1	Jas	Jas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	cycling	cycle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	dying	die	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cycle up** | present · progressive | Jas | a steep hill |  |  |  |  | vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hill=Location |
| 2 | **die** | present · progressive | Jas's legs |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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 should she do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines:t5:2
# text = What should she do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | Jas |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Pump up her tyres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines:t5:o1:1
# text = Pump up her tyres
1	Pump	pump	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	tyres	tyre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pump up** | imperative | you *not said here* | her tyres |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tyre=Theme |

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

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Change to an easier gear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines:t5:o2:1
# text = Change to an easier gear
1	Change	change	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	gear	gear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a easier gear *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Agent to gear=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Change to the hardest gear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines:t5:o3:1
# text = Change to the hardest gear
1	Change	change	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hardest	hard	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	gear	gear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the hardest gear *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Agent to gear=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Stop pedalling and coast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines:t5:o4:1
# text = Stop pedalling and coast
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	pedalling	pedalling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | pedalling and coast |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality pedalling=Eventuality |

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