Test 11 · ★ · Magnets

snapped my magnet in half lol, is it ruined

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: snap, ruin · To what, where: magnet

This is test 11 · ★ 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	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 magnet	nmod:poss
3	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 snapped	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 half	case
5	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	1 snapped	obl
6	lol	lol	INTJ	_	1 snapped	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ruined	punct
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 ruined	aux:pass
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ruined	nsubj:pass
10	ruined	ruin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 snapped	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snap	past		my magnet				in half	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent magnet=Patient in half=Topic
2	ruin	present · passive		magnet					vn destroy-44 «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 · ✓ the right answer

No, each piece becomes a magnet with its own two poles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 becomes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 becomes	punct
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 piece	det
4	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 becomes	nsubj
5	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 magnet	det
7	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 becomes	xcomp
8	with	with	ADP	_	12 poles	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 poles	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 poles	amod
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 poles	nummod
12	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 magnet	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	each piece	a magnet with piece's own two poles					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Yes, each half now has only one pole, either north or south

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 half	det
4	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	6 has	nsubj
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 has	advmod
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 one	advmod
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 pole	nummod
9	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 north	punct
11	either	either	CCONJ	_	12 north	cc:preconj
12	north	north	ADV	_	6 has	advmod
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 south	cc
14	south	south	ADV	_	12 north	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	each half	one pole			now	north property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pole=Patient

Option 3

No, but only one half still works

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 works	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 works	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 works	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 one	advmod
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 half	nummod
6	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	8 works	nsubj
7	still	still	ADV	_	8 works	advmod
8	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

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

Option 4

Yes, a broken magnet loses all its pull

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 loses	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 magnet	det
4	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 magnet	amod
5	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 loses	nsubj
6	loses	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 pull	det:predet
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 pull	nmod:poss
9	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 loses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	break	participle			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	lose	present	a broken magnet	magnet's pull	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pull=Eventuality
3	pull		magnet		nom pull «act transitive»: poss=agent

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