Test 13 · Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and magnets

Mia reckons two north poles of magnets stick together. right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia, two north poles · What happens: reckon, stick together

This is test 13 of lesson 51 «Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and magnets» of the world 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	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 poles	nummod
4	north	north	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 poles	compound
5	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stick	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 magnets	case
7	magnets	magnet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 poles	nmod
8	stick	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reckons	ccomp
9	together	together	ADV	_	8 stick	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct
11	right	right	INTJ	_	2 reckons	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	Mia						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	stick together	present	two north poles of magnets					together property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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

Yes, but only big magnets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 magnets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 magnets	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 magnets	advmod
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 magnets	amod
6	magnets	magnet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 2

No, magnets never push apart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 push	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	magnets	magnet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 push	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 push	advmod
5	push	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	apart	apart	ADV	_	5 push	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not push	present	magnets					apart property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, like poles repel; opposite poles attract

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 repel	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 repel	punct
3	like	like	SCONJ	_	5 repel	mark
4	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 repel	nsubj
5	repel	repel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 attract	punct
7	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 poles	amod
8	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 attract	nsubj
9	attract	attract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 repel	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repel	present	poles						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	attract	present	opposite poles						vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, the same poles always attract each other

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 attract	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 poles	det
4	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 poles	amod
5	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 attract	nsubj
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 attract	advmod
7	attract	attract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	7 attract	obj
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 each	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present	the same poles	each				always property	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Patient

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