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title: Determine the consequence for ordinary human activity of the total a… — Living with friction: oil, wheels and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the consequence for ordinary human activity of the total absence of friction. Exam question 4 of lesson 7 «Living with friction: oil, wheels and grip» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Exam question 4 · Living with friction: oil, wheels and grip

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Determine the consequence for ordinary human activity of the total absence of friction.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, absent · **To what, where:** consequence, friction

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 7 «Living with friction: oil, wheels and grip» 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/7-living-with-friction/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:7-living-with-friction:e4:1
# text = Determine the consequence for ordinary human activity of the total absence of friction.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	friction	friction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the consequence |  |  |  | for ordinary human activity of the total absence of friction | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
| 2 | **absent** |  |  | friction |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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All bodies would remain permanently at rest upon the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:7-living-with-friction:e4:o1:1
# text = All bodies would remain permanently at rest upon the ground
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | would | all bodies |  |  | rest upon the ground |  | permanently *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at rest=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Walking would be rendered effortless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:7-living-with-friction:e4:o2:1
# text = Walking would be rendered effortless
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	effortless	effortless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **render** | would · passive |  |  |  |  |  | effortless *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Objects would adhere to the hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:7-living-with-friction:e4:o3:1
# text = Objects would adhere to the hands
1	Objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	adhere	adhere	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adhere** | would | Objects |  |  |  |  | to the hands | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to hand=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Walking and grasping objects would be impossible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:7-living-with-friction:e4:o4:1
# text = Walking and grasping objects would be impossible
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	grasping	grasp	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
4	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	impossible	impossible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **grasp** | gerund |  | objects |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer object=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | would | Walking |  |  |  |  | impossible *property* | tree rules |

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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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