--- title: What would happen if you changed to the smallest back cog to climb a… — Bicycles and other wheels · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you changed to the smallest back cog to climb a steep hill? Test 6 of lesson 25 «Bicycles and other wheels» of the technology 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/technology/25-bicycles-and-other-wheels/t6/) [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/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Bicycles and other wheels](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/25-bicycles-and-other-wheels/) / t6 # Test 6 · Bicycles and other wheels What would happen if you changed to the smallest back cog to climb a steep hill? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, change, climb · **To what, where:** steep hill This is test 6 of lesson 25 «Bicycles and other wheels» of the technology 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/technology/25-bicycles-and-other-wheels/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t6:1 # text = What would happen if you changed to the smallest back cog to climb a steep hill? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 smallest small ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 amod _ _ 10 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 cog cog NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 steep steep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **change** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | | | | | to the smallest back cog *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Agent to cog=Result | | 3 | **climb** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a steep hill | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location hill=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 {#o1} The chain would lock the pedals in place ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t6:o1:1 # text = The chain would lock the pedals in place 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 lock lock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pedals pedal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lock** | would | the chain | the pedals | | place | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pedal=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Each pedal turn would be very hard ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t6:o2:1 # text = Each pedal turn would be very hard 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 2 pedal pedal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | each pedal turn | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Pedalling would become very easy, like going downhill ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t6:o3:1 # text = Pedalling would become very easy, like going downhill 1 Pedalling pedalling NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 like like SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 downhill downhill ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | Pedalling | | | | | easy *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **go** | gerund | Pedalling *not said here* | | | | | downhill *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The bike would start to roll backwards down the hill ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t6:o4:1 # text = The bike would start to roll backwards down the hill 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bike bike NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 roll roll VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 down down ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | would | the bike | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **roll** | to-infinitive | the bike *not said here* | | | the hill | | backwards *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down hill=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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