--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Magnets · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the metals attracted by a magnet? Exam question 1 of lesson 81 «Magnets» of the world 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/world/81-magnets/e1/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Magnets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/81-magnets/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Magnets Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the metals attracted by a magnet? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, attract · **To what, where:** metals This is exam question 1 of lesson 81 «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/81-magnets/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:81-magnets:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the metals attracted by a magnet? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 metals metal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 attracted attract VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 magnet magnet NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the metals | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **attract** | participle | | the metals *not said here* | | | | by a magnet | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: 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} Copper, aluminium, gold and silver ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:81-magnets:e1:o1:1 # text = Copper, aluminium, gold and silver 1 Copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 aluminium aluminium NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} All metals without exception ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:81-magnets:e1:o2:1 # text = All metals without exception 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 metals metal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 without without ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 exception exception NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Iron, steel, nickel and cobalt ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:81-magnets:e1:o3:1 # text = Iron, steel, nickel and cobalt 1 Iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 nickel nickel NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 cobalt cobalt NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} No metals, only plastics ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:81-magnets:e1:o4:1 # text = No metals, only plastics 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 metals metal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 plastics plastic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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