Exam question 3 · Magnets: pulling and pushing without touching

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the interaction between two magnetic poles of like kind?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: interaction

This is exam question 3 of lesson 29 «Magnets: pulling and pushing without touching» of the physics 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 interaction	det
10	interaction	interaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	14 poles	case
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 poles	nummod
13	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 poles	amod
14	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 interaction	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 kind	case
16	like	like	ADP	_	17 kind	case
17	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 poles	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the interaction				of the following statements; between two magnetic poles of kind; accurately 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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They repel one another

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 repel	nsubj
2	repel	repel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 repel	obj
4	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	3 one	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repel	present	They	one					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus one=Experiencer

Option 2

They attract only when separated by water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 attract	nsubj
2	attract	attract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 separated	advmod
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 separated	advmod
5	separated	separate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 attract	advcl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 separated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present	They						vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	separate	participle	They not said here					by water	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

They attract one another

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 attract	nsubj
2	attract	attract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 attract	obj
4	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	3 one	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present	They	one					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient

Option 4

They neither attract nor repel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 attract	nsubj
2	neither	neither	ADV	_	3 attract	advmod
3	attract	attract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	5 repel	cc
5	repel	repel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 attract	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present	They					neither property	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	repel	present	They not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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