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Test 6 · ★ · Magnets

You bring a magnet slowly towards a pin. When does the pin jump to it?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, pin · What happens: bring, jump · To what, where: magnet

This is test 6 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: You bring a magnet slowly towards a pin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 bring	nsubj
2	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 magnet	det
4	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bring	obj
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 bring	advmod
6	towards	towards	ADP	_	8 pin	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pin	det
8	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bring	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	You	a magnet				towards a pin; slowly property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent magnet=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.

Sentence 2: When does the pin jump to it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	5 jump	mark
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 jump	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pin	det
4	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 jump	nsubj
5	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 jump	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 jump	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	present · do-support	the pin			magnet			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to it=Destination

The options

Option 1

Never, pins are not magnetic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 magnetic	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Never	punct
3	pins	pin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 magnetic	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 magnetic	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 magnetic	advmod
6	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	pins					magnetic property	tree rules

Option 2

As soon as the magnet is in the room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADV	_	2 soon	advmod
2	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 magnet	advmod
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 magnet	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 magnet	det
5	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 room	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 room	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 room	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 room	det
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

When the magnet is close enough for the pull to be strong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	5 close	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 magnet	det
3	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 close	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 close	cop
5	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	enough	enough	ADV	_	5 close	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 pull	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pull	det
9	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 close	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	12 strong	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 strong	cop
12	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 close	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the magnet					for the pull; close, enough property	tree rules
2	is	to-infinitive	the magnet not said here					strong property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Only when the magnet touches it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 touches	advmod
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 touches	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 magnet	det
4	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 touches	nsubj
5	touches	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 touches	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	present	the magnet	it					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme

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