Test 1 · Finding your way with landmarks
Zoe walks to a new friend's house and notes «left at the bakery, right at the bridge». Why is this useful?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Zoe, this · What happens: walk, leave, be · To what, where: bakery · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 16 «Finding your way with landmarks» of the everyday 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Zoe walks to a new friend's house and notes «left at the bakery, right at the bridge».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoe | Zoe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 walks | nsubj |
| 2 | walks | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 house | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 friend | det |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 friend | amod |
| 6 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 house | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 friend | case |
| 8 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 walks | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 notes | cc |
| 10 | notes | note | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 house | conj |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 left | punct |
| 12 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 walks | parataxis |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 bakery | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 bakery | det |
| 15 | bakery | bakery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 left | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 bridge | punct |
| 17 | right | right | ADV | _ | 20 bridge | advmod |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 bridge | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 bridge | det |
| 20 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 left | obl |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 left | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 walks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | present | Zoe | to a new friend's house and notes | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave in a quote | past | the bakery | at the bridge | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at bakery=Location |
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.
Sentence 2: Why is this useful?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 useful | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 useful | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 useful | nsubj |
| 4 | useful | useful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 useful | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this | useful property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Bakeries always face north, so they work like a compass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bakeries | bakery | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 face | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 face | advmod |
| 3 | face | face | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | north | north | ADV | _ | 3 face | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 work | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 work | advmod |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 work | nsubj |
| 8 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 face | conj |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 compass | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 compass | det |
| 11 | compass | compass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 work | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | face | present | Bakeries | always, north property | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | work | present | Bakeries = bakery | like a compass | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Fixed places help her find the way back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 places | amod |
| 2 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 help | nsubj |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 help | obj |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 help | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 way | det |
| 7 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | obj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 find | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | participle | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | help | present | Fixed places | her = she | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | find back | infinitive | her = she not said here | the way | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |
Option 3
It makes the walk much shorter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 walk | det |
| 4 | walk | walk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| 5 | much | much | ADV | _ | 6 shorter | advmod |
| 6 | shorter | short | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | It | the walk | short property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material walk=Product |
Option 4
Bridges are always in the town centre
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bridges | bridge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 centre | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 centre | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 centre | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 centre | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 centre | det |
| 6 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 centre | compound |
| 7 | centre | centre | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Bridges | the town centre | always property | tree rules |
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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