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title: Lily, from Glasgow: "Ma wee brother's 20 kilos an' sits 3 metres oot… — Olympiad: forces, floating and machine… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily, from Glasgow: "Ma wee brother's 20 kilos an' sits 3 metres oot on the seesaw. Ah'm 30. Where dae Ah sit?" ("wee" means little, "oot" means out.) Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: forces, floating and machines ★★★» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad: forces, floating and machines ★★★

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Lily, from Glasgow: "Ma wee brother's 20 kilos an' sits 3 metres oot on the seesaw. Ah'm 30. Where dae Ah sit?" ("wee" means little, "oot" means out.)

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lily, dae, wee, oot · **What happens:** sit, be, mean, mean out · **To what, where:** metres oot, seesaw, 30, little

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This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily, from Glasgow: "Ma wee brother's 20 kilos an' sits 3 metres oot on the seesaw.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t4:1
# text = Lily, from Glasgow: "Ma wee brother's 20 kilos an' sits 3 metres oot on the seesaw.
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Ma	ma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	kilos	kilo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'	'	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	compound	_	_
18	oot	oot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	seesaw	seesaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** *in a quote* | present | Lily and Glasgow | metres oot |  | the seesaw |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent oot=Theme on seesaw=Location |

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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:* Ah'm 30.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t4:2
# text = Ah'm 30.
1	Ah	ah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | 30 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Where dae Ah sit?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t4:3
# text = Where dae Ah sit?"
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	dae	dae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	nsubj	_	_
3	Ah	ah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
4	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | infinitive | dae |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 4:* ("wee" means little, "oot" means out.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t4:4
# text = ("wee" means little, "oot" means out.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	wee	wee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	oot	oot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | wee | little |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Topic |
| 2 | **mean out** | present | oot |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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3 metres from the middle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t4:o1:1
# text = 3 metres from the middle
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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4 and a half metres out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t4:o2:1
# text = 4 and a half metres out
1	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	5	compound	_	_
5	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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2 metres from the middle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t4:o3:1
# text = 2 metres from the middle
1	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
1 metre from the middle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t4:o4:1
# text = 1 metre from the middle
1	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	metre	metre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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