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title: Which is true about a lever that lets you lift a heavy load with a s… — Thinking it through — forces, heat, li… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is true about a lever that lets you lift a heavy load with a small push? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Thinking it through — forces, heat, light and energy» 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 
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Thinking it through — forces, heat, light and energy

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Which is true about a lever that lets you lift a heavy load with a small push?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lever, you · **What happens:** be, let, lift · **To what, where:** you, heavy load

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This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Thinking it through — forces, heat, light and energy» 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/60-reasoning-energy-technology/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t7:1
# text = Which is true about a lever that lets you lift a heavy load with a small push?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lever	lever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	push	push	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about a lever; true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **let** | present | a lever | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **lift** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a heavy load |  |  |  | with a small push | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It creates extra energy from nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t7:o1:1
# text = It creates extra energy from nothing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	creates	create	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **create** | present | It | extra energy |  | nothing |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent energy=Result from nothing=Material |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Your end has to move a longer distance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t7:o2:1
# text = Your end has to move a longer distance
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Your end |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | to-infinitive | Your end *not said here* | a longer distance |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent distance=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The load becomes truly lighter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t7:o3:1
# text = The load becomes truly lighter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	lighter	light	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | the load |  |  |  |  | light *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Your end moves a shorter distance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t7:o4:1
# text = Your end moves a shorter distance
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	shorter	short	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present | Your end | a shorter distance |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent distance=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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