--- title: Which is a case where we want less friction? — Pushes, pulls, friction and wheels · tree and pragmatics description: Which is a case where we want less friction? Test 5 · ★ 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 right. --- [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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Pushes, pulls, friction and wheels Which is a case where we want less friction? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** be, want · **To what, where:** case, less friction This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels:t5:1 # text = Which is a case where we want less friction? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 7 advmod _ _ 6 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 friction friction NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | a case | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | present | we | less friction | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot friction=Theme | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A door hinge that squeaks ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels:t5:o1:1 # text = A door hinge that squeaks 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 hinge hinge NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 squeaks squeak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squeak** | present | a door hinge | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Brakes on a bicycle ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels:t5:o2:1 # text = Brakes on a bicycle 1 Brakes brake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bicycle bicycle NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Tyres on a wet road ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels:t5:o3:1 # text = Tyres on a wet road 1 Tyres tyre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The soles of running shoes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels:t5:o4:1 # text = The soles of running shoes 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 soles sole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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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