--- title: A ruler is held at the edge of a desk and twanged. The overhanging p… — Sound — vibrations, loudness, pitch an… · tree and pragmatics description: A ruler is held at the edge of a desk and twanged. The overhanging part is made shorter. What happens? 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What happens? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** hold, twang, overhang, make, happen · **To what, where:** ruler, edge, overhanging part This is test 2 of lesson 54 «Sound — vibrations, loudness, pitch and echoes» 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/54-sound/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A ruler is held at the edge of a desk and twanged. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:54-sound:t2:1 # text = A ruler is held at the edge of a desk and twanged. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 desk desk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 twanged twang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present · passive | | a ruler | | the edge of a desk | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at edge=Location | | 2 | **twang** | past | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* The overhanging part is made shorter. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:54-sound:t2:2 # text = The overhanging part is made shorter. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 overhanging overhang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overhang** | gerund | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | present · passive | | the overhanging part | | | | short *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | *Sentence 3:* What happens? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:54-sound:t2:3 # text = What happens? 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The note becomes higher ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:54-sound:t2:o1:1 # text = The note becomes higher 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | the note | | | | | high *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The ruler makes no sound ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:54-sound:t2:o2:1 # text = The ruler makes no sound 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | the ruler | no sound | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material sound=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} The note stays the same ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:54-sound:t2:o3:1 # text = The note stays the same 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stays stay 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 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | present | the note | | | | | same *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The note becomes lower ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:54-sound:t2:o4:1 # text = The note becomes lower 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | the note | | | | | low *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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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