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description: Why would a real giant of nine times Alice's height have a terrible time standing up? Test 8 · ★★★ 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 of the questi
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# Test 8 · ★★★ · Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, the centre of the Ear…

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Why would a real giant of nine times Alice's height have a terrible time standing up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** real giant, terrible time · **What happens:** have, stand up

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This is test 8 · ★★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:41-alice-s-fall-and-sizes-falling-the-centre-of-the-earth-giants-and-tiny-people:t8:1
# text = Why would a real giant of nine times Alice's height have a terrible time standing up?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
17	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | would | a real giant of nine times  Alice's height |  |  |  | time |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stand up** | gerund | a terrible time *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Giants are always too sleepy to stand up for long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:41-alice-s-fall-and-sizes-falling-the-centre-of-the-earth-giants-and-tiny-people:t8:o1:1
# text = Giants are always too sleepy to stand up for long
1	Giants	Giant	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Giants |  |  |  |  | always, sleepy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stand up** | to-infinitive | Giants *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Its weight would grow far faster than the strength of its bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:41-alice-s-fall-and-sizes-falling-the-centre-of-the-earth-giants-and-tiny-people:t8:o2:1
# text = Its weight would grow far faster than the strength of its bones
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | would | Its weight |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The air at that height has no oxygen in it at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:41-alice-s-fall-and-sizes-falling-the-centre-of-the-earth-giants-and-tiny-people:t8:o3:1
# text = The air at that height has no oxygen in it at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the air at that height | no oxygen |  | oxygen |  | at all | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxygen=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Giants have no knees at all, so their legs would not bend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:41-alice-s-fall-and-sizes-falling-the-centre-of-the-earth-giants-and-tiny-people:t8:o4:1
# text = Giants have no knees at all, so their legs would not bend
1	Giants	giant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Giants | no knees |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knee=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **bend** | would | Giants's legs |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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