--- title: Three gears are in a row. The first turns clockwise. Which way does… — Pulleys, gears and big machines · tree and pragmatics description: Three gears are in a row. The first turns clockwise. Which way does the third turn? Test 6 · ★★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Pulleys, gears and big machines](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Pulleys, gears and big machines Three gears are in a row. The first turns clockwise. Which way does the third turn? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Three gears, first, way · **What happens:** be, turn, do · **To what, where:** row, third turn This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Three gears are in a row. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines:t6:1 # text = Three gears are in a row. 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 gears gear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 row row NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Three gears | | | a row | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* The first turns clockwise. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines:t6:2 # text = The first turns clockwise. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 clockwise clockwise ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | the first | | | | | clockwise *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | *Sentence 3:* Which way does the third turn? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines:t6:3 # text = Which way does the third turn? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | which way | the third turn | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Clockwise ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines:t6:o1:1 # text = Clockwise 1 Clockwise clockwise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It turns both ways at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines:t6:o2:1 # text = It turns both ways at once 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | It | both ways | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme way=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} It does not turn ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines:t6:o3:1 # text = It does not turn 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **turn** | present · do-support | It | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Anticlockwise ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines:t6:o4:1 # text = Anticlockwise 1 Anticlockwise anticlockwise ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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