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title: oi, stop stroking my sewing needle with that magnet!! what's it gonn… — Magnets: pulling and pushing without t… · tree and pragmatics
description: oi, stop stroking my sewing needle with that magnet!! what's it gonna do? Test 8 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 8 · Magnets: pulling and pushing without touching

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oi, stop stroking my sewing needle with that magnet!! what's it gonna do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** oi, needle · **What happens:** stop, stroke, do · **To what, where:** sewing needle

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t8:1
# text = oi, stop stroking my sewing needle with that magnet!! what's it gonna do?
1	oi	oi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	stroking	stroke	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	sewing	sewing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	magnet	magnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	16	dep	_	_
16	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | infinitive | oi |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **stroke** | gerund | oi *not said here* | my sewing needle |  |  |  | with that magnet | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent needle=Experiencer with magnet=Instrument |
| 3 | **do** | present | needle |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Turn the needle into a weak magnet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t8:o1:1
# text = Turn the needle into a weak magnet
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	magnet	magnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* | the needle |  | a weak magnet |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent needle=Theme into magnet=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Make the needle pull on plastic things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t8:o2:1
# text = Make the needle pull on plastic things
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pull	pull	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **pull** | present | the needle |  |  |  |  | on plastic things | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on thing=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t8:o3:1
# text = Nothing at all
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Melt the needle a little bit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:29-magnets-pulling-and-pushing-without-touching:t8:o4:1
# text = Melt the needle a little bit
1	Melt	melt	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | imperative | you *not said here* | the needle |  |  |  | a little bit *obl:unmarked* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient needle=Result |

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