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title: Why could a child trapped inside a modern fridge still push the door… — Magnets: pulling and pushing without t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why could a child trapped inside a modern fridge still push the door open? Test 6 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 6 · Magnets: pulling and pushing without touching

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Why could a child trapped inside a modern fridge still push the door open?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** trap, push · **To what, where:** child, modern fridge, door

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t6:1
# text = Why could a child trapped inside a modern fridge still push the door open?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	trapped	trap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	modern	modern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fridge	fridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	still	still	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	push	push	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trap** | could · passive |  | a child |  | a modern fridge |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **push** | present |  | the door |  |  | still | open *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme |

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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}

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The door is held only by a magnet, not a lock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t6:o1:1
# text = The door is held only by a magnet, not a lock
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	magnet	magnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present · passive |  | the door |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The fridge door is made of soft rubber

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t6:o2:1
# text = The fridge door is made of soft rubber
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fridge	fridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | the fridge door |  |  |  | of soft rubber | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fridges open by themselves whenever it gets warm inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t6:o3:1
# text = Fridges open by themselves whenever it gets warm inside
1	Fridges	fridge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	open	open	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obl	_	_
5	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | present | Fridges |  |  |  |  | by Fridges *= fridge* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by themselves=Location |
| 2 | **get** | present | it |  |  |  |  | inside, warm, whenever *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The light inside unlocks the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t6:o4:1
# text = The light inside unlocks the door
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	unlocks	unlock	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unlock** | present | the light | the door |  |  |  |  | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=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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