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title: Identify the location toward which the needle of a magnetic compass… — Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the location toward which the needle of a magnetic compass is directed. Exam question 2 of lesson 17 «Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts

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Identify the location toward which the needle of a magnetic compass is directed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, direct · **To what, where:** location, needle

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 17 «Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts» of the myths 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/myths/17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:e2:1
# text = Identify the location toward which the needle of a magnetic compass is directed.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	compass	compass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	directed	direct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the location |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme |
| 2 | **direct** | present · passive |  | the needle of a magnetic compass |  |  |  | toward the location | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: subject=Eventuality |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The geographic North Pole precisely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:e2:o1:1
# text = The geographic North Pole precisely
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	geographic	geographic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	precisely	precisely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The nearest deposit of iron ore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:e2:o2:1
# text = The nearest deposit of iron ore
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	deposit	deposit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	ore	ore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deposit** |  |  | iron ore |  |  |  |  | nom deposit «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The star known as Polaris

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:e2:o3:1
# text = The star known as Polaris
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Polaris	Polaris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | participle |  | the star *not said here* |  |  |  | as Polaris | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as polaris=Attribute |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The magnetic north pole, which is distinct from the geographic pole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:e2:o4:1
# text = The magnetic north pole, which is distinct from the geographic pole
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	geographic	geographic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the magnetic north pole |  |  | the geographic pole |  | distinct *property* | tree rules |

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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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