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title: Ella wants to try the tablecloth trick with Gran's best plates. What… — Speed: fast and slow · tree and pragmatics
description: Ella wants to try the tablecloth trick with Gran's best plates. What's the sensible advice? Test 5 of lesson 36 «Speed: fast and slow» 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 right.
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# Test 5 · Speed: fast and slow

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Ella wants to try the tablecloth trick with Gran's best plates. What's the sensible advice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ella, sensible advice · **What happens:** want, try, be · **To what, where:** tablecloth trick

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This is test 5 of lesson 36 «Speed: fast and slow» 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/36-speed-fast-and-slow/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ella wants to try the tablecloth trick with Gran's best plates.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t5:1
# text = Ella wants to try the tablecloth trick with Gran's best plates.
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	tablecloth	tablecloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Ella |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **try** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ella *not said here* | the tablecloth trick |  |  |  | with Gran's best plates | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.attribute»: agent=Agent trick=Patient with plate=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's the sensible advice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t5:2
# text = What's the sensible advice?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the sensible advice |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Practise with plastic cups; a slow pull drags dishes off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t5:o1:1
# text = Practise with plastic cups; a slow pull drags dishes off
1	Practise	practise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cups	cup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pull	pull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	drags	drag	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	dishes	dish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag off** | present | Practise with plastic cups | dishes |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Use a tablecloth that is wet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t5:o2:1
# text = Use a tablecloth that is wet
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tablecloth	tablecloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a tablecloth |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tablecloth=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | a tablecloth |  |  |  |  | wet *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Go ahead, it always works

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t5:o3:1
# text = Go ahead, it always works
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | ahead *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **work** | present | it |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Go ahead, a slow careful pull is safest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t5:o4:1
# text = Go ahead, a slow careful pull is safest
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pull	pull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | ahead *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | a slow careful pull |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

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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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