--- title: A ramp is made longer and less steep. What happens to the push needed? — Simple machines and how they help · tree and pragmatics description: A ramp is made longer and less steep. What happens to the push needed? Test 6 · ★ 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/52-simple-machines/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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Simple machines and how they help](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/52-simple-machines/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Simple machines and how they help A ramp is made longer and less steep. What happens to the push needed? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** make, happen, need · **To what, where:** ramp, push This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A ramp is made longer and less steep. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:52-simple-machines:t6:1 # text = A ramp is made longer and less steep. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ramp ramp NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ 8 steep steep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · passive | | a ramp | | | | long *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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 happens to the push needed? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:52-simple-machines:t6:2 # text = What happens to the push needed? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 push push NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 needed need VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | | to the push | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **need** | participle | | the push *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Smaller, but over a longer path ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:52-simple-machines:t6:o1:1 # text = Smaller, but over a longer path 1 Smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 longer long ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} It becomes zero, with no push needed at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:52-simple-machines:t6:o2:1 # text = It becomes zero, with no push needed at all 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 zero zero NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 push push NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 8 needed need VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | It | | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **need** | participle | | no push *not said here* | | all | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 3 {#o3} It becomes bigger and the path is shorter ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:52-simple-machines:t6:o3:1 # text = It becomes bigger and the path is shorter 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | It | | | | | big *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | the path | | | | | short *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It stays exactly the same as before ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:52-simple-machines:t6:o4:1 # text = It stays exactly the same as before 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 before before ADV RB _ 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | present | It | | | | | same *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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