Test 16 · Finding your way with landmarks

Leo says looking back at the way u came is pointless. true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, u, looking · What happens: say, look back, come, be · To what, where: way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 pointless	csubj
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 looking	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 way	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looking	obl
8	u	U	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 came	nsubj
9	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 way	acl:relcl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 pointless	cop
11	pointless	pointless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
13	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	parataxis
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Leo			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	look back	gerund			at the way	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at way=Theme
3	come	past	u	the way not said here		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme
4	is	present	looking		pointless property	tree rules

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

Option 1

Yes, roads look the same both ways

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 look	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 look	nsubj
4	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 same	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 look	obj
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 ways	det
8	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 look	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	roads	the same				both ways obl:unmarked	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme same=Attribute

Option 2

Yes, unless it is dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 dark	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	6 dark	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dark	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dark	cop
6	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					dark property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, you only need to look ahead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 need	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 need	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 need	advmod
5	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 look	mark
7	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 need	xcomp
8	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	7 look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	you						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	look not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here					ahead property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, the way back looks different from the way out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 looks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 way	det
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 looks	nsubj
5	back	back	ADV	_	6 looks	advmod
6	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 looks	xcomp
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 way	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 different	obl
11	out	out	ADV	_	10 way	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	the way					different property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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