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title: Gran: "Back in my day we lifted the shed with a long pole and a bric… — Olympiad: forces, floating and machine… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gran: "Back in my day we lifted the shed with a long pole and a brick under it." Where should the brick go for the easiest lift? Test 5 · ★★★ 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 ques
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: forces, floating and machines ★★★

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Gran: "Back in my day we lifted the shed with a long pole and a brick under it." Where should the brick go for the easiest lift?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gran, brick · **What happens:** lift, go · **To what, where:** shed, brick

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran: "Back in my day we lifted the shed with a long pole and a brick under it."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t5:1
# text = Gran: "Back in my day we lifted the shed with a long pole and a brick under it."
1	Gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	brick	brick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
19	under	under	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** *in a quote* | past | Gran | the shed |  | brick | day | with a long pole and a brick | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shed=Theme under it=Destination |

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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:* Where should the brick go for the easiest lift?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t5:2
# text = Where should the brick go for the easiest lift?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brick	brick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	easiest	easy	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | should | the brick |  |  |  |  | for the easiest lift | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for lift=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Close to your hands, far from the shed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t5:o1:1
# text = Close to your hands, far from the shed
1	Close	close	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | your hands |  |  | far *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to hand=Recipient |

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

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Close to the shed, with your hands far out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t5:o2:1
# text = Close to the shed, with your hands far out
1	Close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Under the shed itself, not the pole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t5:o3:1
# text = Under the shed itself, not the pole
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	3	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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In the very middle of the long pole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines:t5:o4:1
# text = In the very middle of the long pole
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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