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title: A hiker packs a rucksack. To stay steady on a narrow path, where sho… — Building strong things: bridges, tower… · tree and pragmatics
description: A hiker packs a rucksack. To stay steady on a narrow path, where should the heaviest things go? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 86 «Building strong things: bridges, towers and shapes» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Building strong things: bridges, towers and shapes

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A hiker packs a rucksack. To stay steady on a narrow path, where should the heaviest things go?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hiker, heaviest things · **What happens:** pack, stay, go · **To what, where:** rucksack, narrow path

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 86 «Building strong things: bridges, towers and shapes» 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/86-building-strong-things/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A hiker packs a rucksack.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:t5:1
# text = A hiker packs a rucksack.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hiker	hiker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	packs	pack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rucksack	rucksack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pack** | present | a hiker | a rucksack |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme rucksack=Destination |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* To stay steady on a narrow path, where should the heaviest things go?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:t5:2
# text = To stay steady on a narrow path, where should the heaviest things go?
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
3	steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	heaviest	heavy	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | to-infinitive | the heaviest things *not said here* |  |  | a narrow path |  | steady *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on path=Location |
| 2 | **go** | should | the heaviest things |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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In an outside pocket on one side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:t5:o1:1
# text = In an outside pocket on one side
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	outside	outside	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Low down and close to the back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:t5:o2:1
# text = Low down and close to the back
1	Low	low	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
2	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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At the very top of the bag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:t5:o3:1
# text = At the very top of the bag
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hanging from a strap below the bag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:86-building-strong-things:t5:o4:1
# text = Hanging from a strap below the bag
1	Hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	strap	strap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	below	below	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | gerund |  |  |  | a strap |  | below the bag | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent below bag=Location |

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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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