Test 10 · ★ · Magnets

magnet won't pick up the coins, why

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: magnet · What happens: not pick up · To what, where: coins

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 81 «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	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pick	nsubj
2	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 pick	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 pick	advmod
4	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 pick	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 coins	det
7	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pick	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 why	punct
9	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 pick	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pick up	future	magnet	the coins					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Topic

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 magnet only works through water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 magnet	det
2	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 works	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 works	advmod
4	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	6 water	case
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 works	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	the magnet			water			vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Coins have their own magnet that pushes back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 magnet	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 magnet	amod
5	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 pushes	nsubj
7	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 magnet	acl:relcl
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 pushes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Coins	Coins's own magnet					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magnet=Patient
2	push back	present	Coins's own magnet						vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The coins are too heavy for any magnet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coins	det
2	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 heavy	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 heavy	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 heavy	advmod
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 magnet	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 magnet	det
8	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heavy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the coins					for any magnet; heavy property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Some metals, like copper and aluminium, are not attracted by magnets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 metals	det
2	metals	metal	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 attracted	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 copper	punct
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 copper	case
5	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 metals	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 aluminium	cc
7	aluminium	aluminium	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 copper	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 metals	punct
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 attracted	aux:pass
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 attracted	advmod
11	attracted	attract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 magnets	case
13	magnets	magnet	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 attracted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not attract	present · passive	magnets	some metals like copper and aluminium					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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