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title: You are on a plane flying very smoothly and your juice does not spil… — Day and night, and the Moon's faces · tree and pragmatics
description: You are on a plane flying very smoothly and your juice does not spill. How is this like the spinning Earth? Test 4 of lesson 39 «Day and night, and the Moon's faces» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 4 · Day and night, and the Moon's faces

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You are on a plane flying very smoothly and your juice does not spill. How is this like the spinning Earth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, plane, juice, this · **What happens:** be, fly, not spill, spin · **To what, where:** plane

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This is test 4 of lesson 39 «Day and night, and the Moon's faces» 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/39-day-and-night-and-the-moons-faces/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You are on a plane flying very smoothly and your juice does not spill.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:39-day-and-night-and-the-moons-faces:t4:1
# text = You are on a plane flying very smoothly and your juice does not spill.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	plane	plane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	smoothly	smoothly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
12	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	spill	spill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | You |  |  | a plane |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fly** | gerund | a plane *not said here* |  |  |  |  | smoothly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **spill** | present · do-support | your juice |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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:* How is this like the spinning Earth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:39-day-and-night-and-the-moons-faces:t4:2
# text = How is this like the spinning Earth?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	nsubj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  |  | how *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **spin** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The plane is not really moving, it only seems to be moving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:39-day-and-night-and-the-moons-faces:t4:o1:1
# text = The plane is not really moving, it only seems to be moving
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plane	plane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux	_	_
13	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **move** | present · progressive | the plane |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **seem** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **move** | to-infinitive · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Smooth motion cannot be felt, only bumps and changes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:39-day-and-night-and-the-moons-faces:t4:o2:1
# text = Smooth motion cannot be felt, only bumps and changes
1	Smooth	smooth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	motion	motion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	felt	feel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	bumps	bump	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	changes	change	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **feel** | can · passive |  | Smooth motion |  |  |  | bumps and changes *obl* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Planes and the Earth both stand still

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:39-day-and-night-and-the-moons-faces:t4:o3:1
# text = Planes and the Earth both stand still
1	Planes	plane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | Planes and the Earth |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Juice is too heavy to move

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:39-day-and-night-and-the-moons-faces:t4:o4:1
# text = Juice is too heavy to move
1	Juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Juice |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | to-infinitive | Juice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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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