Test 17 · Finding your way with landmarks

did u hear a family got lost hiking cos they followed the moss to find north and ended up in the wrong state

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, they · What happens: hear, lose, hike, follow, find, end up · To what, where: family, moss, wrong state · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 family	det
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lost	nsubj
6	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lost	aux:pass
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hear	ccomp
8	hiking	hike	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 lost	xcomp
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	11 followed	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 followed	nsubj
11	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 hiking	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 moss	det
13	moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 followed	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 find	mark
15	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hiking	advcl
16	north	north	ADV	_	15 find	advmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 ended	cc
18	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	conj
19	up	up	ADP	_	18 ended	compound:prt
20	in	in	ADP	_	23 state	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 state	det
22	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 state	amod
23	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 ended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	lose	past · passive		a family		tree rules
3	hike	gerund				vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	follow	past	they	the moss		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moss=Theme
5	find	to-infinitive			north property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
6	end up	past	u not said here		in the wrong state result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in state=Result

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 · ✓ the right answer

Real lesson: moss is not a reliable compass; «wrong state» is likely blown up

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 compass	punct
4	moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 compass	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 compass	cop
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 compass	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 compass	det
8	reliable	reliable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 compass	amod
9	compass	compass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lesson	conj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 blown	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 state	punct
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 state	amod
13	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 blown	nsubj:pass
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 state	punct
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 blown	aux:pass
16	likely	likely	ADV	_	17 blown	advmod
17	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lesson	acl
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 blown	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	moss	a reliable compass					tree rules
2	blow up	present · passive	Real lesson and a reliable compass not said here	wrong state				likely property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Real lesson: moss always grows on the north side, so they must have read it wrong

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grows	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 moss	punct
4	moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grows	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 grows	advmod
6	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 side	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 side	det
9	north	north	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 side	amod
10	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grows	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 read	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	16 read	advmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 read	nsubj
14	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 read	aux
15	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 read	aux
16	read	read	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 grows	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 read	obj
18	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 read	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Real lesson			the north side		always property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location
2	read	must · perfect	they	moss				wrong property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3

It proves families should never go hiking

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 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 go	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 go	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 go	advmod
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 proves	ccomp
7	hiking	hike	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 go	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	prove	present	It	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not go	should	families	vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	hike	gerund	families not said here	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It means only maps from shops can be trusted

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 maps	advmod
4	maps	map	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 trusted	nsubj:pass
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 shops	case
6	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 maps	nmod
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 trusted	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 trusted	aux:pass
9	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	trust	can · passive		maps from shops					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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