--- title: In a cartoon a cat slides across the kitchen on a banana skin. Why i… — Living with friction: oil, wheels and… · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon a cat slides across the kitchen on a banana skin. Why is a banana skin slippery? 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Why is a banana skin slippery? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cat, banana skin · **What happens:** slide, be · **To what, where:** cartoon This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 7 «Living with friction: oil, wheels and grip» 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/7-living-with-friction/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a cat slides across the kitchen on a banana skin. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:7-living-with-friction:t5:1 # text = In a cartoon a cat slides across the kitchen on a banana skin. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 slides slide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 across across ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 banana banana NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slide** | present | a cat | | | a cartoon | | across the kitchen; on a banana skin | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Source across kitchen=Trajectory on skin=Destination | 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:* Why is a banana skin slippery? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:7-living-with-friction:t5:2 # text = Why is a banana skin slippery? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 banana banana NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 slippery slippery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a banana skin | | | | | slippery *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The banana skin bounces you up into the air ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:7-living-with-friction:t5:o1:1 # text = The banana skin bounces you up into the air 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 banana banana NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bounces bounce VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bounce up** | present | the banana skin | you | | the air | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent you=Theme into air=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} Bananas are lighter than air ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:7-living-with-friction:t5:o2:1 # text = Bananas are lighter than air 1 Bananas banana NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 lighter light ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 than than ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Bananas | | | | | than air; light *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Bananas are always magnetic ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:7-living-with-friction:t5:o3:1 # text = Bananas are always magnetic 1 Bananas banana NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 magnetic magnetic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Bananas | | | | | always, magnetic *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It puts a slippery layer under your foot ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:7-living-with-friction:t5:o4:1 # text = It puts a slippery layer under your foot 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 puts put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 slippery slippery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 layer layer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 under under ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | present | It | a slippery layer | | your foot | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent layer=Theme under foot=Destination | **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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