Test 9 · ★ · Compasses and the magnetic Earth

shut up, my mum's going in the MRI with her earrings, so what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, mum · What happens: shut up, go · To what, where: MRI

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 30 «Compasses and the magnetic Earth» 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	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 shut	compound:prt
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 going	punct
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mum	nmod:poss
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 going	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 going	aux
7	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 shut	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 MRI	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 MRI	det
10	MRI	mri	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 going	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 earrings	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 earrings	nmod:poss
13	earrings	earring	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 MRI	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 what	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	16 what	advmod
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	1 shut	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 shut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shut up	imperative	you not said here						vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient
2	go	present · progressive	my mum			the MRI with mum's earrings			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in mri=Location

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

Fine, earrings are too small to matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 earrings	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	earrings	earring	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 small	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 small	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 small	advmod
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 matter	mark
8	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 small	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Fine earrings					small property	tree rules
2	matter	to-infinitive	Fine earrings not said here						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

She needs to wear more metal so the machine can see her better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 needs	nsubj
2	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wear	mark
4	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 needs	xcomp
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 metal	amod
6	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wear	obj
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 see	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 machine	det
9	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 see	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 see	aux
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wear	advcl
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 see	obj
13	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	need	present	She			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	wear not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	more metal		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent metal=Theme
3	see	can	the machine	her = she	well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 3

Fine, the magnet is switched off for women

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 magnet	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 magnet	det
4	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 switched	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 switched	aux:pass
6	switched	switch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 switched	compound:prt
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 women	case
9	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 switched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	switch off	present · passive		the Fine magnet				for women	vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She must take them off; the huge magnet pulls metal hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 take	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 take	aux
3	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 take	obj
5	off	off	ADP	_	3 take	compound:prt
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 pulls	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 magnet	det
8	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 magnet	amod
9	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pulls	nsubj
10	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 take	parataxis
11	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pulls	obj
12	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 pulls	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take off	must	She	them = they					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	pull	present	the huge magnet	metal				hard property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metal=Theme

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