--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Static electricity: balloons, hair and… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the behaviour of two bodies bearing like charges? Exam question 2 of lesson 26 «Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Static electricity: balloons, hair and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the behaviour of two bodies bearing like charges? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** two bodies · **What happens:** follow, characteris, bear · **To what, where:** behaviour This is exam question 2 of lesson 26 «Static electricity: balloons, hair and sparks» of the physics 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/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the behaviour of two bodies bearing like charges? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 behaviour behaviour NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 bearing bear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 like like ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 charges charge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the behaviour of two bodies | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **bear** | gerund | two bodies *not said here* | | | | | like charges | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | 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 {#o1} They attract one another ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:e2:o1:1 # text = They attract one another 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 attract attract VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obj _ _ 4 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 3 fixed _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attract** | present | They | one | | | | | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} They exchange their charges instantaneously ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:e2:o2:1 # text = They exchange their charges instantaneously 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 exchange exchange VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 charges charge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 instantaneously instantaneously ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exchange** | present | They | their charges | | | | instantaneously *property* | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Theme | | 2 | **charge** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom charge «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} They exert no influence upon one another ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:e2:o3:1 # text = They exert no influence upon one another 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 exert exert VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 appos _ _ 7 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 6 fixed _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exert** | present | They | no influence | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent influence=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They repel one another ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks:e2:o4:1 # text = They repel one another 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 repel repel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obj _ _ 4 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 3 fixed _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repel** | present | They | one | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus one=Experiencer | **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. 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