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title: Whereas a magnet is applied in turn to the objects hereinafter enume… — Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and m… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a magnet is applied in turn to the objects hereinafter enumerated, determine which object shall be attracted thereto. Exam question 4 of lesson 51 «Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and magnets» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 4 · Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and magnets

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Whereas a magnet is applied in turn to the objects hereinafter enumerated, determine which object shall be attracted thereto.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** objects · **What happens:** apply, enumerate, determine, attract · **To what, where:** turn, object

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 51 «Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and magnets» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/world/51-forces/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:51-forces:e4:1
# text = Whereas a magnet is applied in turn to the objects hereinafter enumerated, determine which object shall be attracted thereto.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	magnet	magnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	hereinafter	hereinafter	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	enumerated	enumerate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
15	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	16	det	_	_
16	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	attracted	attract	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	ccomp	_	_
20	thereto	thereto	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present · passive |  |  |  | turn |  | whereas a magnet; to the objects | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in turn=Destination |
| 2 | **enumerate** | past | the objects *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hereinafter *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **determine** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **attract** | shall · passive |  | which object |  |  |  | thereto *property* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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A receptacle of aluminium

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:51-forces:e4:o1:1
# text = A receptacle of aluminium
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	receptacle	receptacle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	aluminium	aluminium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A ring of gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:51-forces:e4:o2:1
# text = A ring of gold
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A fastening of steel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:51-forces:e4:o3:1
# text = A fastening of steel
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fastening	fastening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	steel	steel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A coin of copper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:51-forces:e4:o4:1
# text = A coin of copper
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **coin** |  |  | copper |  |  |  |  | nom coin «possession transitive»: of=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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