Exam question 4 · Magnets

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning electromagnets.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 4 of lesson 81 «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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 electromagnets	amod
12	electromagnets	electromagnet	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 facts	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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 and concerning electromagnets; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

They are natural stones found in the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stones	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stones	cop
3	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stones	amod
4	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 stones	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 ground	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ground	det
8	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	natural stones					tree rules
2	find	participle		natural stones not said here		the ground			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They attract copper and aluminium alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 attract	nsubj
2	attract	attract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attract	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 aluminium	cc
5	aluminium	aluminium	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 copper	conj
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 attract	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present	They	copper and aluminium				alone property	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copper=Patient

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

They are made with electricity and may be switched on and off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 electricity	case
5	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 switched	cc
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 switched	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 switched	aux:pass
9	switched	switch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 made	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	9 switched	compound:prt
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 off	cc
12	off	off	ADV	_	10 on	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		They				with electricity	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	switch on	may · passive							vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»

Option 4

They remain magnetic for ever once made

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remain	nsubj
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remain	xcomp
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 ever	case
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 magnetic	obl
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 made	advmod
7	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 remain	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	They					magnetic property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	participle	They not said here					once property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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