--- title: You squeeze a lump of clay and it becomes flat. What did the force do? — Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and m… · tree and pragmatics description: You squeeze a lump of clay and it becomes flat. What did the force do? Test 7 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/51-forces/t7/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and m…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/51-forces/) / t7 # Test 7 · Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and magnets You squeeze a lump of clay and it becomes flat. What did the force do? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, lump, force · **What happens:** squeeze, become, do · **To what, where:** lump This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* You squeeze a lump of clay and it becomes flat. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:51-forces:t7:1 # text = You squeeze a lump of clay and it becomes flat. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 squeeze squeeze VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lump lump NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squeeze** | present | You | a lump of clay | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lump=Theme | | 2 | **become** | present | lump | | | | | flat *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 did the force do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:51-forces:t7:2 # text = What did the force do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | the force | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It made the clay lighter than air ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:51-forces:t7:o1:1 # text = It made the clay lighter than air 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 lighter light ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | It | the clay | | | | light *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material clay=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} It made the clay magnetic ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:51-forces:t7:o2:1 # text = It made the clay magnetic 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 magnetic magnetic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | It | the clay | | | | magnetic *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material clay=Product | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It changed the shape of the clay ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:51-forces:t7:o3:1 # text = It changed the shape of the clay 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | past | It | the shape of the clay | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It changed the weight of the clay ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:51-forces:t7:o4:1 # text = It changed the weight of the clay 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | past | It | the weight of the clay | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weight=Patient | **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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