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title: Jake wants a magnet with only a north pole, so he cuts his magnet in… — Magnets: pulling and pushing without t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jake wants a magnet with only a north pole, so he cuts his magnet in half. What does he get? Test 2 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 w
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# Test 2 · Magnets: pulling and pushing without touching

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Jake wants a magnet with only a north pole, so he cuts his magnet in half. What does he get?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jake · **What happens:** want, cut, get · **To what, where:** magnet, half

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jake wants a magnet with only a north pole, so he cuts his magnet in half.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t2:1
# text = Jake wants a magnet with only a north pole, so he cuts his magnet in half.
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	magnet	magnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	north	north	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	cuts	cut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	magnet	magnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Jake | a magnet |  |  |  | with a north pole | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot magnet=Theme |
| 2 | **cut** | present | Jake | Jake's magnet |  | half |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magnet=Product |

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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:* What does he get?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t2:2
# text = What does he get?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · do-support | Jake |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Two magnets, each with north and south

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t2:o1:1
# text = Two magnets, each with north and south
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	magnets	magnet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	appos	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	north	north	ADV	RB	_	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	south	south	ADV	RB	_	6	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One north magnet and one south one, as he hoped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t2:o2:1
# text = One north magnet and one south one, as he hoped
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	north	north	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	magnet	magnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
6	south	south	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	hoped	hope	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | past | he | One north magnet *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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One magnet and one bit of dust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t2:o3:1
# text = One magnet and one bit of dust
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	magnet	magnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Two non-magnetic bits of metal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t2:o4:1
# text = Two non-magnetic bits of metal
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	non-magnetic	non-magnetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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