Test 12 · ★ · Magnets

Mia says magnets stick to all metals. true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia, magnets · What happens: say, stick · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ 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	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	magnets	magnet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stick	nsubj
4	stick	stick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 metals	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 metals	det
7	metals	metal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stick	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stick	punct
9	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stick	xcomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mia						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stick	infinitive	magnets					to all metals; true property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to metal=Co-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, every metal is pulled by a magnet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 pulled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 metal	det
4	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pulled	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pulled	aux:pass
6	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 magnet	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 magnet	det
9	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	present · passive	a magnet	every metal					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

No, magnets stick only to steel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 stick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stick	punct
3	magnets	magnet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stick	nsubj
4	stick	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 steel	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 steel	mark
7	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stick	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	present	magnets	steel					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent steel=Theme

Option 3

Yes, but only if the metal is shiny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 shiny	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 shiny	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 shiny	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 shiny	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 metal	det
7	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shiny	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 shiny	cop
9	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the metal					shiny property	tree rules

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

No, they attract iron, steel, nickel and cobalt but not copper or gold

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 attract	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 attract	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 attract	nsubj
4	attract	attract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attract	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 steel	punct
7	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 iron	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 nickel	punct
9	nickel	nickel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 iron	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 cobalt	cc
11	cobalt	cobalt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 iron	conj
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 copper	cc
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 copper	advmod
14	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 iron	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 gold	cc
16	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 iron	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present	they	iron and steel and nickel and cobalt but copper or gold					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iron=Patient

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