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title: A worker must get a heavy barrel onto a lorry. Which helps most with… — Simple machines and how they help · tree and pragmatics
description: A worker must get a heavy barrel onto a lorry. Which helps most without a crane? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 52 «Simple machines and how they help» 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Simple machines and how they help

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A worker must get a heavy barrel onto a lorry. Which helps most without a crane?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** worker · **What happens:** get, help · **To what, where:** heavy barrel, lorry

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 52 «Simple machines and how they help» 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/52-simple-machines/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A worker must get a heavy barrel onto a lorry.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:52-simple-machines:t3:1
# text = A worker must get a heavy barrel onto a lorry.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	worker	worker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lorry	lorry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | must | a worker | a heavy barrel |  | a lorry |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer barrel=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which helps most without a crane?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:52-simple-machines:t3:2
# text = Which helps most without a crane?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	2	advmod	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crane	crane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present |  |  |  |  |  | without a crane | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Lifting it with a much shorter plank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:52-simple-machines:t3:o1:1
# text = Lifting it with a much shorter plank
1	Lifting	lift	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	shorter	short	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | with a shorter plank | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Rolling it up a long plank as a ramp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:52-simple-machines:t3:o2:1
# text = Rolling it up a long plank as a ramp
1	Rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ramp	ramp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll up** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | as a ramp | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent it=Theme plank=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dragging it along the rough gravel first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:52-simple-machines:t3:o3:1
# text = Dragging it along the rough gravel first
1	Dragging	drag	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	along	along	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gravel	gravel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | along the rough gravel; first *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pushing it down from the top of the lorry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:52-simple-machines:t3:o4:1
# text = Pushing it down from the top of the lorry
1	Pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lorry	lorry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push down** | gerund |  | it |  | the top of the lorry |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme from top=Trajectory |

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