Test 7 · ★ · Magnets
A pupil says: «A magnet sticks to the fridge, so it will stick to a copper pan too.» What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pupil, magnet · What happens: say, stick, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: A pupil says: «A magnet sticks to the fridge, so it will stick to a copper pan too.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 pupil | det |
| 2 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 sticks | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 sticks | punct |
| 6 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 magnet | det |
| 7 | magnet | magnet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sticks | nsubj |
| 8 | sticks | stick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 fridge | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 fridge | det |
| 11 | fridge | fridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sticks | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 stick | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 stick | advmod |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 stick | nsubj |
| 15 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 stick | aux |
| 16 | stick | stick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 pan | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 pan | det |
| 19 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 pan | compound |
| 20 | pan | pan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 stick | obl |
| 21 | too | too | ADV | _ | 16 stick | advmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 stick | punct |
| 23 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 stick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a pupil | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | stick in a quote | present | a magnet | to the fridge | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to fridge=Co-Patient | ||||
| 3 | stick in a quote | future | magnet | to a copper pan | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What is wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Magnets do not attract copper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnets | magnet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 attract | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 attract | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 attract | advmod |
| 4 | attract | attract | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 attract | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not attract | present · do-support | Magnets | copper | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copper=Patient |
Option 2
Copper is not a metal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 metal | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 metal | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 metal | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 metal | det |
| 5 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | Copper | a metal | tree rules |
Option 3
Fridges are made of copper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fridges | fridge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 copper | case |
| 5 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | Fridges | of copper | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 4
Magnets only stick to fridges
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnets | magnet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stick | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 stick | advmod |
| 3 | stick | stick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 fridges | case |
| 5 | fridges | fridge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stick | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick | present | Magnets | to fridges | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to fridge=Co-Patient |
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