--- title: An astronaut in space throws a spanner away. What happens to him? — Pushes and pulls: what makes things mo… · tree and pragmatics description: An astronaut in space throws a spanner away. What happens to him? Test 6 of lesson 4 «Pushes and pulls: what makes things move and stop» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop/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/) / [Pushes and pulls: what makes things mo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop/) / t6 # Test 6 · Pushes and pulls: what makes things move and stop An astronaut in space throws a spanner away. What happens to him? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** astronaut · **What happens:** throw away, happen · **To what, where:** spanner, astronaut This is test 6 of lesson 4 «Pushes and pulls: what makes things move and stop» 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/4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An astronaut in space throws a spanner away. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop:t6:1 # text = An astronaut in space throws a spanner away. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 astronaut astronaut NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 throws throw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 spanner spanner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw away** | present | a astronaut in space | a spanner | | | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spanner=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:* What happens to him? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop:t6:2 # text = What happens to him? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | astronaut | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He moves slowly the other way ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop:t6:o1:1 # text = He moves slowly the other way 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 moves move VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | present | He | the other way | | | | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He spins round and round on the spot ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop:t6:o2:1 # text = He spins round and round on the spot 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spins spin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 round round ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 round round ADV RB _ 3 conj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spin** | present | He | | | the spot | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on spot=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} He moves off after the spanner ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop:t6:o3:1 # text = He moves off after the spanner 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 moves move VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 spanner spanner NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move off** | present | He | | | | after the spanner | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He stays perfectly still where he is ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop:t6:o4:1 # text = He stays perfectly still where he is 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 7 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | present | He | | | | still | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **be** | present | he | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP 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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