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title: Determine the direction of rotation of the sixth gear in a row of me… — Olympiad: forces, floating and machine… · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the direction of rotation of the sixth gear in a row of meshing gears, the first of which rotates clockwise. Exam question 1 of lesson 42 «Olympiad: forces, floating and machines ★★★» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 1 · Olympiad: forces, floating and machines ★★★

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Determine the direction of rotation of the sixth gear in a row of meshing gears, the first of which rotates clockwise.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, first · **What happens:** determine, rotate · **To what, where:** direction

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 42 «Olympiad: forces, floating and machines ★★★» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:e1:1
# text = Determine the direction of rotation of the sixth gear in a row of meshing gears, the first of which rotates clockwise.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rotation	rotation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sixth	sixth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	gear	gear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	row	row	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	meshing	meshing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	gears	gear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	first	first	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	appos	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
21	rotates	rotate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	_	_
22	clockwise	clockwise	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the direction of rotation of the sixth gear in a row of meshing gears |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Topic |
| 2 | **rotate** | present | the first |  |  |  |  | clockwise *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Anticlockwise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:e1:o1:1
# text = Anticlockwise
1	Anticlockwise	anticlockwise	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It alternates in direction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:e1:o2:1
# text = It alternates in direction
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	alternates	alternate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alternate** | present | It |  |  | direction |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Clockwise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:e1:o3:1
# text = Clockwise
1	Clockwise	clockwise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It remains stationary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:e1:o4:1
# text = It remains stationary
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stationary	stationary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | It | stationary |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stationary=Attribute |

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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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