--- title: A tyre goes flat and the rim bumps on the road. Why did it feel hard… — Riding a bike: why it stays up · tree and pragmatics description: A tyre goes flat and the rim bumps on the road. Why did it feel hard before? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Riding a bike: why it stays up» 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/9-riding-a-bike/t11/) [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/) / [Riding a bike: why it stays up](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/9-riding-a-bike/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Riding a bike: why it stays up A tyre goes flat and the rim bumps on the road. Why did it feel hard before? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tyre, rim · **What happens:** go, bump, feel · **To what, where:** road This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Riding a bike: why it stays up» 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/9-riding-a-bike/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A tyre goes flat and the rim bumps on the road. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:9-riding-a-bike:t11:1 # text = A tyre goes flat and the rim bumps on the road. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tyre tyre NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 rim rim NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 bumps bump VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | a tyre | | | | | flat *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bump** | present | the rim | | | the road | | | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=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. *Sentence 2:* Why did it feel hard before? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:9-riding-a-bike:t11:2 # text = Why did it feel hard before? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 before before SCONJ IN _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past · do-support | rim | | | | | hard *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Many air molecules pushed on the rubber ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:9-riding-a-bike:t11:o1:1 # text = Many air molecules pushed on the rubber 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 molecules molecule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 pushed push VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 rubber rubber NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | participle | | Many air molecules *not said here* | | | | on the rubber | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on rubber=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The rubber was frozen solid by the cold air pumped into it ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:9-riding-a-bike:t11:o2:1 # text = The rubber was frozen solid by the cold air pumped into it 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rubber rubber NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 solid solid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 pumped pump VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze** | past · passive | the cold air | the rubber | | | | solid *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient subject=Result | | 2 | **pump** | participle | | the cold air *not said here* | | rubber | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into it=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} The metal inside was bigger ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:9-riding-a-bike:t11:o3:1 # text = The metal inside was bigger 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 inside inside ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the metal | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The tyre was full of water ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:9-riding-a-bike:t11:o4:1 # text = The tyre was full of water 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tyre tyre NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the tyre | | | | | of water; full *property* | tree rules | **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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