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title: why's the floor so slippy after mopping — Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and m… · tree and pragmatics
description: why's the floor so slippy after mopping Test 10 of lesson 51 «Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and magnets» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 10 · Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and magnets

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why's the floor so slippy after mopping

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** floor · **What happens:** be, mop

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This is test 10 of lesson 51 «Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and magnets» 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/51-forces/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:51-forces:t10:1
# text = why's the floor so slippy after mopping
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	slippy	slippy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	mopping	mop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the floor |  |  |  |  | slippy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mop** | gerund | the floor *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Water reduces friction between your shoes and the floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:51-forces:t10:o1:1
# text = Water reduces friction between your shoes and the floor
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reduces	reduce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	friction	friction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | present | Water | friction |  |  |  | between your shoes and the floor | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer friction=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wet floors pull you down harder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:51-forces:t10:o2:1
# text = Wet floors pull you down harder
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	floors	floor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pull	pull	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	harder	hard	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull down** | present | Wet floors | you |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent you=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The water pushes your feet away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:51-forces:t10:o3:1
# text = The water pushes your feet away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push away** | present | the water | your feet |  |  |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The mop makes the floor magnetic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:51-forces:t10:o4:1
# text = The mop makes the floor magnetic
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mop	mop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the mop | the floor |  |  |  | magnetic *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material floor=Product |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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