Test 4 · Magnets: pulling and pushing without touching
A toddler has swallowed two small round magnets from a toy. What should happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: swallow, happen · To what, where: toddler
This is test 4 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: A toddler has swallowed two small round magnets from a toy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 toddler | det |
| 2 | toddler | toddler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swallowed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 swallowed | aux |
| 4 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 magnets | nummod |
| 6 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 magnets | amod |
| 7 | round | round | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 magnets | amod |
| 8 | magnets | magnet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 swallowed | obj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 toy | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 toy | det |
| 11 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 magnets | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 swallowed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swallow | present · perfect · passive | a toddler | 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.
Sentence 2: What should happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | should | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Give her a glass of milk and forget it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 glass | det |
| 4 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 milk | case |
| 6 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 glass | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 forget | cc |
| 8 | forget | forget | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Give | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 forget | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | a glass of milk | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient glass=Theme | |||
| 2 | forget | infinitive | you not said here | glass | tree rules |
Option 2
Hold a big magnet to her tummy to pull them out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 magnet | det |
| 3 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 magnet | amod |
| 4 | magnet | magnet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hold | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 tummy | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 tummy | nmod:poss |
| 7 | tummy | tummy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hold | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 pull | mark |
| 9 | pull | pull | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Hold | advcl |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 pull | obj |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 pull | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | imperative | you not said here | a big magnet | to her tummy | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magnet=Theme | |||
| 2 | pull out | to-infinitive | you not said here | them = they | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Get medical help straight away; it is an emergency
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | medical | medical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 help | amod |
| 3 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | obj |
| 4 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 5 away | advmod |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Get | advmod |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 emergency | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 emergency | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 emergency | cop |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 emergency | det |
| 10 | emergency | emergency | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | medical help | away property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | is a | present | help | a emergency | tree rules |
Option 4
Wait, they will come out by themselves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 come | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 come | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 come | aux |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 6 | out | out | ADV | _ | 5 come | advmod |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 themselves | case |
| 8 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | come out | future | they | by themselves = they; out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
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