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title: my sister says magnets stick to all metals. right? — Magnets: pulling and pushing without t… · tree and pragmatics
description: my sister says magnets stick to all metals. right? Test 1 of lesson 29 «Magnets: pulling and pushing without touching» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 1 · Magnets: pulling and pushing without touching

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
my sister says magnets stick to all metals. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sister, magnets · **What happens:** say, stick · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 29 «Magnets: pulling and pushing without touching» of the physics 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/physics/29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t1:1
# text = my sister says magnets stick to all metals. right?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	magnets	magnet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stick	stick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	metals	metal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
10	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stick** | infinitive | magnets |  |  |  |  | to all metals | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to metal=Co-Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, mainly iron, steel, nickel and cobalt are pulled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t1:o1:1
# text = No, mainly iron, steel, nickel and cobalt are pulled
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	mainly	mainly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	steel	steel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	nickel	nickel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	cobalt	cobalt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | present · passive |  | iron and steel and nickel and cobalt |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, every metal is magnetic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, every metal is magnetic
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | every metal |  |  |  |  | magnetic *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only shiny metals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only shiny metals
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	metals	metal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, magnets only stick to plastic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t1:o4:1
# text = No, magnets only stick to plastic
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	magnets	magnet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	stick	stick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | present | magnets |  |  |  |  | to plastic | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to plastic=Co-Patient |

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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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