---
title: In a cartoon, a hero uses a huge magnet to pull a gold bar out of a… — Magnets: pulling and pushing without t… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a hero uses a huge magnet to pull a gold bar out of a safe. What's wrong? Test 5 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 ri
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching/t5/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Magnets: pulling and pushing without t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching/) / t5

# Test 5 · Magnets: pulling and pushing without touching

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In a cartoon, a hero uses a huge magnet to pull a gold bar out of a safe. What's wrong?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hero · **What happens:** use, pull, be · **To what, where:** huge magnet, cartoon, gold bar

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a hero uses a huge magnet to pull a gold bar out of a safe.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t5:1
# text = In a cartoon, a hero uses a huge magnet to pull a gold bar out of a safe.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	magnet	magnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	bar	bar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	out	out	ADP	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | a hero | a huge magnet |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magnet=Patient |
| 2 | **pull** | to-infinitive | a hero *not said here* | a gold bar |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bar=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* What's wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t5:2
# text = What's wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Magnets cannot work through a safe door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t5:o1:1
# text = Magnets cannot work through a safe door
1	Magnets	magnet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **work** | can | Magnets |  |  | a safe door |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, gold is strongly magnetic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t5:o2:1
# text = Nothing, gold is strongly magnetic
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	strongly	strongly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing gold |  |  |  |  | magnetic, strongly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Magnets only work in the dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t5:o3:1
# text = Magnets only work in the dark
1	Magnets	magnet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Magnets |  |  |  |  | in the dark | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in dark=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gold is not pulled by magnets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t5:o4:1
# text = Gold is not pulled by magnets
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	magnets	magnet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pull** | present · passive | magnets | Gold |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Magnets: pulling and pushing without t…, test 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching/t4/)
- next →: [Magnets: pulling and pushing without t…, test 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching/t6/)
- ↑ back to [Magnets: pulling and pushing without touching](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching/)