--- title: What would happen to a compass on a ship made of steel if nobody cor… — Compasses and the magnetic Earth · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to a compass on a ship made of steel if nobody corrected for it? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 30 «Compasses and the magnetic Earth» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth/t4/) [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/) / [Compasses and the magnetic Earth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Compasses and the magnetic Earth What would happen to a compass on a ship made of steel if nobody corrected for it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nobody · **What happens:** happen, make, correct · **To what, where:** ship This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 30 «Compasses and the magnetic Earth» 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/30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth:t4:1 # text = What would happen to a compass on a ship made of steel if nobody corrected for it? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 compass compass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 15 nsubj _ _ 15 corrected correct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | a ship | | to a compass | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on ship=Location | | 2 | **make** | participle | | a ship *not said here* | | | | of steel | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **correct** *speech: disagree* *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | nobody | | | | | for steel | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | 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 {#o1} It would work better than on land ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth:t4:o1:1 # text = It would work better than on land 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | would | It | | | | | than land; well *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It would spin round and round forever and never settle down ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth:t4:o2:1 # text = It would spin round and round forever and never settle down 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 spin spin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 round round ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 round round ADV RB _ 4 conj _ _ 7 forever forever ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 settle settle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 11 down down ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spin** | would | It | | | | | forever, round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **settle down** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It could point the wrong way because of the ship's iron ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth:t4:o3:1 # text = It could point the wrong way because of the ship's iron 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 point point VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 12 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 7 fixed _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point** | could | It | the wrong way | | | | because the ship's iron | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would point at the Moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth:t4:o4:1 # text = It would point at the Moon 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 point point VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point** | would | It | | | the Moon | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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