--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Friction: the grip that stops and helps · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phenomenon designated friction? Exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Friction: the grip that stops and helps» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/6-friction-the-grip/e1/) [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/) / [Friction: the grip that stops and helps](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/6-friction-the-grip/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Friction: the grip that stops and helps Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phenomenon designated friction? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phenomenon · **What happens:** follow, characteris, designate · **To what, where:** phenomenon, friction This is exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Friction: the grip that stops and helps» 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/6-friction-the-grip/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:6-friction-the-grip:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phenomenon designated friction? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 phenomenon phenomenon NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 designated designate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 friction friction NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the phenomenon | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **designate** | participle | the phenomenon *not said here* | friction | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friction=Theme | 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 {#o1} The tendency of bodies to rise in water ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:6-friction-the-grip:e1:o1:1 # text = The tendency of bodies to rise in water 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tendency tendency NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | to-infinitive | | | | water | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location | | 2 | **tend** | | bodies | | | | | | nom tendency «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} The attraction of bodies towards the centre of the Earth ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:6-friction-the-grip:e1:o2:1 # text = The attraction of bodies towards the centre of the Earth 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 attraction attraction NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 towards towards ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 centre centre NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attract** | | | bodies | | | | towards the centre of the Earth | nom attraction «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient towards=obl | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The resistance to sliding between two surfaces in contact ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:6-friction-the-grip:e1:o3:1 # text = The resistance to sliding between two surfaces in contact 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 resistance resistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 sliding slide VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 between between ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 surfaces surface NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 contact contact NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slide** | gerund | | | | two surfaces in contact | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between surface=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} The resistance of the air to all motion ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:6-friction-the-grip:e1:o4:1 # text = The resistance of the air to all motion 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 resistance resistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 motion motion NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **resist** | | | the air | | | | to all motion | nom resistance «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl | **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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