--- title: What would happen if a clock's hour hand were joined straight to the… — Pulleys, gears and big machines · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a clock's hour hand were joined straight to the minute hand with no gears? 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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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines:t7:1 # text = What would happen if a clock's hour hand were joined straight to the minute hand with no gears? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 12 straight straight ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 19 det _ _ 19 gears gear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **join** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | hour hand | | | | to the minute hand with no gears | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to hand=Co-Patient | 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 {#o1} The clock would run backwards instead of forwards ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines:t7:o1:1 # text = The clock would run backwards instead of forwards 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 8 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 forwards forward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | would | the clock | | | | | instead forwards; backwards *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The clock would chime every few minutes all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines:t7:o2:1 # text = The clock would chime every few minutes all day 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 chime chime VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 6 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chime** | would | the clock | | | | day; minute | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Both hands would turn at the same speed ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines:t7:o3:1 # text = Both hands would turn at the same speed 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | both hands | | | the same speed | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at speed=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} The hour hand would stop and never move again ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines:t7:o4:1 # text = The hour hand would stop and never move again 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | the hour hand | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **not** **move** | infinitive | the hour hand *not said here* | | | | again | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | **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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