Exam question 3 · Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and magnets

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the interaction of two magnets whose like poles are placed in proximity.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, two magnets · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, place, interact · To what, where: response, interaction, poles, proximity

This is exam question 3 of lesson 51 «Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and magnets» of the world 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 interaction	det
13	interaction	interaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 magnets	case
15	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 magnets	nummod
16	magnets	magnet	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 interaction	nmod
17	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	19 poles	nmod:poss
18	like	like	ADP	_	19 poles	case
19	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 placed	nsubj
20	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 placed	aux:pass
21	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 magnets	acl:relcl
22	in	in	ADP	_	23 proximity	case
23	proximity	proximity	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 placed	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response			with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the interaction of two magnets			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus interaction=Experiencer
5	place	present · passive		poles	proximity		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in proximity=Destination
6	interact		two magnets				nom interaction «act intransitive»: of=agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

The magnets shall repel one another

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 magnets	det
2	magnets	magnet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 repel	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 repel	aux
4	repel	repel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 repel	obj
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	5 one	fixed

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The magnets shall attract one another

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 magnets	det
2	magnets	magnet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 attract	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 attract	aux
4	attract	attract	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 attract	obj
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	4 attract	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	shall	the magnets	one					tree rules

Option 3

The magnets shall be wholly unaffected by one another

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 magnets	det
2	magnets	magnet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 unaffected	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 unaffected	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 unaffected	cop
5	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	6 unaffected	advmod
6	unaffected	unaffected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 one	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 unaffected	obl
9	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 one	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	shall	the magnets					by one; unaffected, wholly property	tree rules

Option 4

The magnets shall forfeit their magnetic properties

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 magnets	det
2	magnets	magnet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 forfeit	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 forfeit	aux
4	forfeit	forfeit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 properties	nmod:poss
6	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 properties	amod
7	properties	property	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 forfeit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forfeit	shall	the magnets	magnets's magnetic properties					vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent property=Theme

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