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title: It is given that a magnet is presented to a series of objects. Selec… — Metals and what they're good for · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a magnet is presented to a series of objects. Select the object which will be attracted. Exam question 3 of lesson 31 «Metals and what they're good for» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Exam question 3 · Metals and what they're good for

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It is given that a magnet is presented to a series of objects. Select the object which will be attracted.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, present, select, attract · **To what, where:** It, magnet, series, object

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 31 «Metals and what they're good for» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chemistry/31-metals-what-theyre-good-for/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a magnet is presented to a series of objects.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:31-metals-what-theyre-good-for:e3:1
# text = It is given that a magnet is presented to a series of objects.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	magnet	magnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	series	series	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **present** | present · passive |  | a magnet | a series of objects |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to series=Recipient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the object which will be attracted.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:31-metals-what-theyre-good-for:e3:2
# text = Select the object which will be attracted.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	attracted	attract	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the object |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 2 | **attract** | future · passive |  | the object |  |  |  |  | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A copper pipe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:31-metals-what-theyre-good-for:e3:o1:1
# text = A copper pipe
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A steel fridge door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:31-metals-what-theyre-good-for:e3:o2:1
# text = A steel fridge door
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	steel	steel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	fridge	fridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An aluminium beverage can

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:31-metals-what-theyre-good-for:e3:o3:1
# text = An aluminium beverage can
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	aluminium	aluminium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	beverage	beverage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A gold ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:31-metals-what-theyre-good-for:e3:o4:1
# text = A gold ring
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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