--- title: my sister reckons friction is always bad. right? — Pushes, pulls, friction and wheels · tree and pragmatics description: my sister reckons friction is always bad. right? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 85 «Pushes, pulls, friction and wheels» 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/85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels/t13/) [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/) / [Pushes, pulls, friction and wheels](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Pushes, pulls, friction and wheels my sister reckons friction is always bad. right? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sister, friction · **What happens:** reckon, be This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 85 «Pushes, pulls, friction and wheels» 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/85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels:t13:1 # text = my sister reckons friction is always bad. right? 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 friction friction NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 9 right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | my sister | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | friction | | | | | always, bad *property* | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, friction helps tyres, shoes and brakes to grip ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels:t13:o1:1 # text = No, friction helps tyres, shoes and brakes to grip 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 friction friction NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 tyres tyre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 brakes brake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 grip grip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | friction | tyres and shoes and brakes | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent tyre=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **grip** | to-infinitive | tyres and shoes and brakes *not said here* | | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, friction only matters when things move through water ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels:t13:o2:1 # text = No, friction only matters when things move through water 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 friction friction NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 matters matter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 move move VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **matter** | present | friction | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **move** | present | things | | | water | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme through water=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, friction only wears things out and wastes energy ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels:t13:o3:1 # text = Yes, friction only wears things out and wastes energy 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 friction friction NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 wears wear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 wastes waste VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 energy energy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear out** | present | friction | things | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent thing=Source | | 2 | **waste** | present | friction *not said here* | energy | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Yes, cars would work better with no friction ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels:t13:o4:1 # text = Yes, cars would work better with no friction 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 friction friction NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | would | cars | | | | | with no friction; well *property* | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with friction=Co-Agent | **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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