--- title: A boy says, «heavy things always fall faster, everyone knows that».… — Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, t… · tree and pragmatics description: A boy says, «heavy things always fall faster, everyone knows that». What does the Moon test show? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, the centre of the Earth, giants and tiny people» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/41-alice-s-fall-and-sizes-falling-the-centre-of-the-earth-giants-and-tiny-people/t2/) [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/) / [Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/41-alice-s-fall-and-sizes-falling-the-centre-of-the-earth-giants-and-tiny-people/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★★ · Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, the centre of the Ear… A boy says, «heavy things always fall faster, everyone knows that». What does the Moon test show? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, heavy things, everyone · **What happens:** say, fall, know, do · **To what, where:** that · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, the centre of the Earth, giants and tiny people» 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/41-alice-s-fall-and-sizes-falling-the-centre-of-the-earth-giants-and-tiny-people/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy says, «heavy things always fall faster, everyone knows that». ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:41-alice-s-fall-and-sizes-falling-the-centre-of-the-earth-giants-and-tiny-people:t2:1 # text = A boy says, «heavy things always fall faster, everyone knows that». 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 9 advmod _ _ 9 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 10 faster fast ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 13 nsubj _ _ 13 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a boy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **fall** *in a quote* | present | heavy things | | | | | always, fast *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | everyone | that | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | 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 does the Moon test show? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:41-alice-s-fall-and-sizes-falling-the-centre-of-the-earth-giants-and-tiny-people:t2:2 # text = What does the Moon test show? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 5 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 show show NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nothing falls at all on the Moon because there is no air ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:41-alice-s-fall-and-sizes-falling-the-centre-of-the-earth-giants-and-tiny-people:t2:o1:1 # text = Nothing falls at all on the Moon because there is no air 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 10 expl _ _ 10 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | present | Nothing | | | all | | on the Moon | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location | | 2 | **be** | present | no air | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Without air, a hammer and a feather fall at the same speed ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:41-alice-s-fall-and-sizes-falling-the-centre-of-the-earth-giants-and-tiny-people:t2:o2:1 # text = Without air, a hammer and a feather fall at the same speed 1 Without without ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hammer hammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 fall fall NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Light things fall faster because air holds heavy things back ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:41-alice-s-fall-and-sizes-falling-the-centre-of-the-earth-giants-and-tiny-people:t2:o3:1 # text = Light things fall faster because air holds heavy things back 1 Light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 5 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | present | Light things | | | | | fast *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hold back** | present | air | heavy things | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Heavy things fall faster everywhere, even on the Moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:41-alice-s-fall-and-sizes-falling-the-centre-of-the-earth-giants-and-tiny-people:t2:o4:1 # text = Heavy things fall faster everywhere, even on the Moon 1 Heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 5 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 even even ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | present | Heavy things | | | the Moon | | everywhere, fast *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on moon=Location | **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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