Test 2 · Magnets: pulling and pushing without touching
Jake wants a magnet with only a north pole, so he cuts his magnet in half. What does he get?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jake · What happens: want, cut, get · To what, where: magnet, half
This is test 2 of lesson 29 «Magnets: pulling and pushing without touching» of the physics 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Jake wants a magnet with only a north pole, so he cuts his magnet in half.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 magnet | det |
| 4 | magnet | magnet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 pole | case |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 pole | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 pole | det |
| 8 | north | north | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 pole | amod |
| 9 | pole | pole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 cuts | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 cuts | advmod |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 cuts | nsubj |
| 13 | cuts | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 wants | conj |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 magnet | nmod:poss |
| 15 | magnet | magnet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 cuts | obj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 half | case |
| 17 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 13 cuts | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Jake | a magnet | with a north pole | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot magnet=Theme | |||
| 2 | cut | present | Jake | Jake's magnet | half | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magnet=Product |
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.
Sentence 2: What does he get?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 get | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · do-support | Jake | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Two magnets, each with north and south
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 magnets | nummod |
| 2 | magnets | magnet | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 each | punct |
| 4 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 magnets | appos |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 north | case |
| 6 | north | north | ADV | _ | 4 each | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 south | cc |
| 8 | south | south | ADV | _ | 6 north | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
One north magnet and one south one, as he hoped
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 magnet | nummod |
| 2 | north | north | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 magnet | amod |
| 3 | magnet | magnet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 one | cc |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 one | nsubj |
| 6 | south | south | ADV | _ | 7 one | advmod |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 magnet | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hoped | punct |
| 9 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 hoped | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hoped | nsubj |
| 11 | hoped | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 magnet | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hope | past | he | One north magnet not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
One magnet and one bit of dust
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 magnet | nummod |
| 2 | magnet | magnet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 bit | cc |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 bit | nummod |
| 5 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 magnet | conj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 dust | case |
| 7 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bit | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Two non-magnetic bits of metal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 bits | nummod |
| 2 | non-magnetic | non-magnetic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bits | amod |
| 3 | bits | bit | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 metal | case |
| 5 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bits | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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