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title: What would happen if you took an ordinary pendulum clock onto a roll… — Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if you took an ordinary pendulum clock onto a rolling ship? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 123 «Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and phones» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 11 · ★ · Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and p…

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What would happen if you took an ordinary pendulum clock onto a rolling ship?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, take, roll · **To what, where:** ordinary pendulum clock, rolling ship

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 123 «Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and phones» of the world 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/world/123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t11:1
# text = What would happen if you took an ordinary pendulum clock onto a rolling ship?
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	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	pendulum	pendulum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	amod	_	_
14	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | a ordinary pendulum clock |  | a rolling ship |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent clock=Theme onto ship=Destination |
| 3 | **roll** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The rocking would upset the swing and it would keep bad time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t11:o1:1
# text = The rocking would upset the swing and it would keep bad time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rocking	rocking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	upset	upset	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	swing	swing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
11	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **upset** | would | the rocking | the swing |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus swing=Experiencer |
| 2 | **keep** | would | rocking |  |  |  | time |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It would turn into a proper sea clock all by itself after a while

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t11:o2:1
# text = It would turn into a proper sea clock all by itself after a while
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | It |  |  | a proper sea clock | while | by clock; all *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into clock=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It would keep even better time, thanks to the rocking of the waves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t11:o3:1
# text = It would keep even better time, thanks to the rocking of the waves
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rocking	rocking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | would | It | thanks to the rocking of the waves |  |  | time |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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It would work exactly as it does on land, with no change at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t11:o4:1
# text = It would work exactly as it does on land, with no change at all
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | would | It |  |  |  |  | with no change at all | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present | it |  |  | land |  | exactly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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