--- title: A toy has a heavy bottom and is pushed over. What happens? — Balance: the centre of gravity · tree and pragmatics description: A toy has a heavy bottom and is pushed over. What happens? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 8 «Balance: the centre of gravity» 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 was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/8-balance-the-centre-of-gravity/t10/) [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/) / [Balance: the centre of gravity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/8-balance-the-centre-of-gravity/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Balance: the centre of gravity A toy has a heavy bottom and is pushed over. What happens? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** toy · **What happens:** have, push over, happen · **To what, where:** heavy bottom This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 8 «Balance: the centre of gravity» 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/8-balance-the-centre-of-gravity/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A toy has a heavy bottom and is pushed over. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:8-balance-the-centre-of-gravity:t10:1 # text = A toy has a heavy bottom and is pushed over. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 pushed push VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 10 over over ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | a toy | a heavy bottom | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bottom=Patient | | 2 | **push over** | present · passive | a toy *not said here* | | | | | over *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP» | 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:* What happens? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:8-balance-the-centre-of-gravity:t10:2 # text = What happens? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It rolls back upright ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:8-balance-the-centre-of-gravity:t10:o1:1 # text = It rolls back upright 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rolls roll VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 upright upright ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll back** | present | It | | | | | upright *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It falls through the table ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:8-balance-the-centre-of-gravity:t10:o2:1 # text = It falls through the table 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | present | It | | | the table | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through table=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} It stays lying down ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:8-balance-the-centre-of-gravity:t10:o3:1 # text = It stays lying down 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | present | It | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lie down** | gerund | | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} It spins on its side ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:8-balance-the-centre-of-gravity:t10:o4:1 # text = It spins on its side 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spins spin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spin** | present | It | | | its side | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on side=Trajectory | **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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