--- title: A snail goes a metre in a few minutes. Which is true? — Speed: fast and slow · tree and pragmatics description: A snail goes a metre in a few minutes. Which is true? Test 7 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/36-speed-fast-and-slow/t7/) [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/) / [Speed: fast and slow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/36-speed-fast-and-slow/) / t7 # Test 7 · Speed: fast and slow A snail goes a metre in a few minutes. Which is true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** snail · **What happens:** go, be · **To what, where:** metre This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A snail goes a metre in a few minutes. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t7:1 # text = A snail goes a metre in a few minutes. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snail snail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 metre metre NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | a snail | a metre | | | minute | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location metre=Theme | 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:* Which is true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t7:2 # text = Which is true? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Snails go about 100 kilometres an hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t7:o1:1 # text = Snails go about 100 kilometres an hour 1 Snails snail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 100 100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go about** | present | Snails | 100 kilometres a hour | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A cheetah could cover the same metre in a blink ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t7:o2:1 # text = A cheetah could cover the same metre in a blink 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cheetah cheetah NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 metre metre NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 blink blink NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | could | a cheetah | the same metre | | | | in a blink | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent metre=Destination in blink=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} A snail never moves at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t7:o3:1 # text = A snail never moves at all 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snail snail NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 moves move VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **move** | present | a snail | | | all | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} A snail is faster than a person walking along the pavement ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t7:o4:1 # text = A snail is faster than a person walking along the pavement 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snail snail NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 faster fast ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 walking walk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 9 along along ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 pavement pavement NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a snail | | | | | than a person; fast *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **walk** | gerund | a person *not said here* | | | the pavement | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along pavement=Trajectory | **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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