Exam question 4 · Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and magnets

Whereas a magnet is applied in turn to the objects hereinafter enumerated, determine which object shall be attracted thereto.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: objects · What happens: apply, enumerate, determine, attract · To what, where: turn, object

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	3 magnet	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 magnet	det
3	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 applied	obl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 applied	aux:pass
5	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 turn	case
7	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 applied	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 objects	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 objects	det
10	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 applied	obl
11	hereinafter	hereinafter	ADV	_	12 enumerated	advmod
12	enumerated	enumerate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 objects	acl:relcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 determine	punct
14	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 applied	parataxis
15	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	16 object	det
16	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 attracted	nsubj:pass
17	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 attracted	aux
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 attracted	aux:pass
19	attracted	attract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 determine	ccomp
20	thereto	thereto	ADV	_	19 attracted	advmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 applied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	apply	present · passive			turn	whereas a magnet; to the objects	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in turn=Destination
2	enumerate	past	the objects not said here			hereinafter property	tree rules
3	determine	infinitive					vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	attract	shall · passive		which object		thereto property	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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

A receptacle of aluminium

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 receptacle	det
2	receptacle	receptacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 aluminium	case
4	aluminium	aluminium	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 receptacle	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A ring of gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ring	det
2	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 gold	case
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ring	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A fastening of steel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fastening	det
2	fastening	fastening	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 steel	case
4	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fastening	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A coin of copper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 coin	det
2	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 copper	case
4	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 coin	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coin			copper					nom coin «possession transitive»: of=patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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