Question: A student drew a magnetic model as shown below; no magnetic entities for the unmagnetized nail and small N and S entities along the surface

A student drew a magnetic model as shown below; no magnetic entities for the unmagnetized nail and small N and S entities along the surface for the magnetized nail.
Can this model explain the observations that the unmagnetized nail neither attracts nor repels paper clips; the magnetized ends of the nail attract paper clips; the tip of the magnetized nail is repelled by a magnets N-pole and attracted by a magnets S-pole?

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