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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, the centre of the Ear…

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In an imaginary airless tunnel through the Earth, what happens after you reach the far side?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, reach · **To what, where:** imaginary airless tunnel, far side

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:41-alice-s-fall-and-sizes-falling-the-centre-of-the-earth-giants-and-tiny-people:t5:1
# text = In an imaginary airless tunnel through the Earth, what happens after you reach the far side?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	imaginary	imaginary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	airless	airless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
11	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	reach	reach	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present |  |  |  | a imaginary airless tunnel through the Earth |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in tunnel=Location |
| 2 | **reach** | present | you | the far side |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent side=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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You come out and keep flying up into the sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:41-alice-s-fall-and-sizes-falling-the-centre-of-the-earth-giants-and-tiny-people:t5:o1:1
# text = You come out and keep flying up into the sky
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
6	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | present | You |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fly up** | gerund | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into the sky *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into sky=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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You stop at the far side and stay there forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:41-alice-s-fall-and-sizes-falling-the-centre-of-the-earth-giants-and-tiny-people:t5:o2:1
# text = You stop at the far side and stay there forever
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
10	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | You |  |  | the far side |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at side=Location |
| 2 | **stay** | infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  | there |  | forever *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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You fall back down again, like a swing going to and fro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:41-alice-s-fall-and-sizes-falling-the-centre-of-the-earth-giants-and-tiny-people:t5:o3:1
# text = You fall back down again, like a swing going to and fro
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	swing	swing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	acl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
13	fro	fro	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall back** | present | You |  |  |  | again | like a swing; down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | a swing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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You float out into space and never come back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:41-alice-s-fall-and-sizes-falling-the-centre-of-the-earth-giants-and-tiny-people:t5:o4:1
# text = You float out into space and never come back
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	float	float	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float out** | present | You |  |  | space |  | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into space=Destination |
| 2 | **not** **come back** | infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP 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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