Test 13 · ★ · Magnets

my mate reckons two north poles snap together. right?

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

This is test 13 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 poles	nummod
5	north	north	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 poles	compound
6	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 snap	nsubj
7	snap	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reckons	ccomp
8	together	together	ADV	_	7 snap	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	3 reckons	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	my mate						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	snap	present	two north poles					together property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 if the magnets are big

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Option 2

No, two north poles do nothing at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 do	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
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	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 do	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 nothing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	two north poles	nothing		all			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality

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

No, like poles repel each other

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	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	5 repel	obj
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 each	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repel	present	poles	each					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus each=Experiencer

Option 4

Yes, like poles always attract

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 attract	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 attract	punct
3	like	like	SCONJ	_	6 attract	mark
4	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 attract	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 attract	advmod
6	attract	attract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

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

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