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title: Ellie weighs 30 kilograms on scales in a lift, and for a moment they… — Olympiad: forces, floating and machine… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ellie weighs 30 kilograms on scales in a lift, and for a moment they show 33. What is the lift doing? Test 11 · ★★★ 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 and of each option; M
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: forces, floating and machines ★★★

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Ellie weighs 30 kilograms on scales in a lift, and for a moment they show 33. What is the lift doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ellie, kilograms, lift · **What happens:** weigh, show, do · **To what, where:** 30 kilograms, scales, 33

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: forces, floating and machines ★★★» 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/42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ellie weighs 30 kilograms on scales in a lift, and for a moment they show 33.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t11:1
# text = Ellie weighs 30 kilograms on scales in a lift, and for a moment they show 33.
1	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	weighs	weigh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	kilograms	kilogram	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	scales	scale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
17	33	33	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weigh** | present | Ellie | 30 kilograms |  | scales in a lift |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme kilogram=Value |
| 2 | **show** | present | kilograms *= kilogram* | 33 |  |  | moment |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 33=Recipient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the lift doing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t11:2
# text = What is the lift doing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · progressive | the lift |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

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

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Just starting to go up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t11:o1:1
# text = Just starting to go up
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	starting	start	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **go up** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Standing still at a floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t11:o2:1
# text = Standing still at a floor
1	Standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	still	still	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund |  |  |  | a floor | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at floor=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Moving down at a steady speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t11:o3:1
# text = Moving down at a steady speed
1	Moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move down** | gerund |  |  |  | a steady speed |  | down *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at speed=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Starting to go down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t11:o4:1
# text = Starting to go down
1	Starting	start	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **go down** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=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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