Test 6 · Magnets: pulling and pushing without touching

Why could a child trapped inside a modern fridge still push the door open?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: trap, push · To what, where: child, modern fridge, door

This is test 6 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 trapped	advmod
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 trapped	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trapped	nsubj:pass
5	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 push	advcl
6	inside	inside	ADP	_	9 fridge	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fridge	det
8	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fridge	amod
9	fridge	fridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trapped	obl
10	still	still	ADV	_	11 push	advmod
11	push	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 door	det
13	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 push	obj
14	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 push	xcomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 push	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trap	could · passive		a child		a modern fridge			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	push	present		the door			still	open property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=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

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

The door is held only by a magnet, not a lock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 door	det
2	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 held	aux:pass
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 magnet	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 magnet	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 magnet	det
8	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lock	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 lock	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lock	det
12	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 magnet	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive		the door					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The fridge door is made of soft rubber

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
2	fridge	fridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 door	compound
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 rubber	case
7	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rubber	amod
8	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		the fridge door				of soft rubber	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3

Fridges open by themselves whenever it gets warm inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fridges	fridge	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 open	nsubj
2	open	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 themselves	case
4	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 open	obl
5	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 gets	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 gets	nsubj
7	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 open	advcl
8	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 gets	xcomp
9	inside	inside	ADV	_	7 gets	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present	Fridges					by Fridges = fridge	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by themselves=Location
2	get	present	it					inside, warm, whenever property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

The light inside unlocks the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 light	det
2	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unlocks	nsubj
3	inside	inside	ADV	_	2 light	advmod
4	unlocks	unlock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unlocks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unlock	present	the light	the door					vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient

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