--- title: It is given that a ball is released from a certain height upon a har… — Pushes and pulls all around us · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a ball is released from a certain height upon a hard floor. Ascertain the height of its rebound. Exam question 3 of lesson 5 «Pushes and pulls all around us» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/5-pushes-and-pulls-all-around-us/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Pushes and pulls all around us](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/5-pushes-and-pulls-all-around-us/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Pushes and pulls all around us It is given that a ball is released from a certain height upon a hard floor. Ascertain the height of its rebound. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, height · **What happens:** give, release, ascertain, rebound · **To what, where:** It, ball, certain height, height This is exam question 3 of lesson 5 «Pushes and pulls all around us» 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/5-pushes-and-pulls-all-around-us/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a ball is released from a certain height upon a hard floor. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:5-pushes-and-pulls-all-around-us:e3:1 # text = It is given that a ball is released from a certain height upon a hard floor. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 released release VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **release** | present · passive | | a ball | | a certain height upon a hard floor | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source | 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. *Sentence 2:* Ascertain the height of its rebound. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:5-pushes-and-pulls-all-around-us:e3:2 # text = Ascertain the height of its rebound. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 rebound rebound NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the height of height's rebound | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent height=Topic | | 2 | **rebound** | | height | | | | | | nom rebound «event intransitive»: poss=agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Somewhat less than the original height ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:5-pushes-and-pulls-all-around-us:e3:o1:1 # text = Somewhat less than the original height 1 Somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 3 than than ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 original original ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Precisely the original height ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:5-pushes-and-pulls-all-around-us:e3:o2:1 # text = Precisely the original height 1 Precisely precisely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 original original ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Somewhat greater than the original height ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:5-pushes-and-pulls-all-around-us:e3:o3:1 # text = Somewhat greater than the original height 1 Somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 3 than than ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 original original ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Precisely double the original height ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:5-pushes-and-pulls-all-around-us:e3:o4:1 # text = Precisely double the original height 1 Precisely precisely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 double double VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 original original ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **double** | imperative | you *not said here* | the original height | | | | precisely *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent height=Patient | **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. 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