--- title: It is given that a hammer and a feather are released simultaneously… — Gravity · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a hammer and a feather are released simultaneously in the absence of air. Determine the outcome. Exam question 3 of lesson 6 «Gravity» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/6-gravity/e3/) [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/) / [Gravity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/6-gravity/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Gravity It is given that a hammer and a feather are released simultaneously in the absence of air. Determine the outcome. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, release, absent, determine · **To what, where:** It, hammer, absence, air, outcome This is exam question 3 of lesson 6 «Gravity» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/6-gravity/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a hammer and a feather are released simultaneously in the absence of air. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:6-gravity:e3:1 # text = It is given that a hammer and a feather are released simultaneously in the absence of air. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hammer hammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 released release VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 12 simultaneously simultaneously ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **release** | present · passive | | a hammer and a feather | | the absence of air | | simultaneously *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source | | 3 | **absent** | | | air | | | | | nom absence «state transitive»: of=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:* Determine the outcome. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:6-gravity:e3:2 # text = Determine the outcome. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 outcome outcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the outcome | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The hammer descends considerably more rapidly ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:6-gravity:e3:o1:1 # text = The hammer descends considerably more rapidly 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hammer hammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 descends descend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 considerably considerably ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 rapidly rapidly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **descend** | present | the hammer | | | | | considerably, rapidly *property* | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The feather descends considerably more rapidly ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:6-gravity:e3:o2:1 # text = The feather descends considerably more rapidly 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 descends descend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 considerably considerably ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 rapidly rapidly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **descend** | present | the feather | | | | | considerably, rapidly *property* | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Both descend at an identical rate ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:6-gravity:e3:o3:1 # text = Both descend at an identical rate 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 descend descend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 identical identical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 rate rate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **descend** | present | Both | | | a identical rate | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Neither descends, gravity being absent ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:6-gravity:e3:o4:1 # text = Neither descends, gravity being absent 1 Neither neither ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 descends descend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 gravity gravity NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 6 absent absent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **descend** | present | | | | | | neither *property* | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | gerund | gravity | | | | | absent *property* | tree rules | **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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