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title: Two ring magnets on a pencil float apart, one above the other. Why? — Magnets · tree and pragmatics
description: Two ring magnets on a pencil float apart, one above the other. Why? Test 2 · ★ 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.
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# Test 2 · ★ · Magnets

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Two ring magnets on a pencil float apart, one above the other. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Two ring magnets · **What happens:** float · **To what, where:** pencil

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 81 «Magnets» of the world 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/world/81-magnets/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two ring magnets on a pencil float apart, one above the other.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:81-magnets:t2:1
# text = Two ring magnets on a pencil float apart, one above the other.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	magnets	magnet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
7	float	float	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	_
11	above	above	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | infinitive | Two ring magnets |  |  | a pencil |  | apart *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on pencil=Trajectory |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:81-magnets:t2:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The pencil is pushing them up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:81-magnets:t2:o1:1
# text = The pencil is pushing them up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push up** | present · progressive | the pencil | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Air is trapped between them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:81-magnets:t2:o2:1
# text = Air is trapped between them
1	Air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	trapped	trap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trap** | present · passive |  | Air |  |  |  | between them *= they* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Unlike poles are facing each other and attract

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:81-magnets:t2:o3:1
# text = Unlike poles are facing each other and attract
1	Unlike	unlike	ADP	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	facing	face	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	4	obj	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	fixed	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	attract	attract	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face** | present · progressive | poles | each |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme each=Destination |
| 2 | **attract** | present | poles *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Like poles are facing each other and repel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:81-magnets:t2:o4:1
# text = Like poles are facing each other and repel
1	Like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	facing	face	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	4	obj	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	fixed	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	repel	repel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face** | present · progressive | poles | each |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme each=Destination |
| 2 | **repel** | present | poles *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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