Test 18 · Finding your way with landmarks

my brother says the sun's always straight above you at noon everywhere so it can't help you find your way

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, sun, you · What happens: say, not help, find · To what, where: you, way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sun	det
5	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 you	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 sun	case
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 you	advmod
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	10 you	advmod
9	above	above	ADP	_	10 you	case
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 says	ccomp
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 noon	case
12	noon	noon	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 you	nmod
13	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 says	advmod
14	so	so	ADV	_	18 help	advmod
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 help	nsubj
16	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 help	aux
17	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 help	advmod
18	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	advcl
19	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 help	obj
20	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 help	xcomp
21	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 way	nmod:poss
22	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my brother		everywhere property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	not help	can	sun	you		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	find not said to happen	infinitive	you not said here	your way		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic

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 · ← Mova's choice

He is right, so only phones can show direction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 show	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 show	advmod
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 phones	advmod
7	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 show	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 show	aux
9	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	parataxis
10	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	show	can	phones	direction					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent direction=Recipient

Option 2

He is right, the Sun moves randomly each day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 moves	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sun	det
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 moves	nsubj
7	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	advcl
8	randomly	randomly	ADV	_	7 moves	advmod
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 moves	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	move	present	the Sun				day	randomly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Not true; at midday the Sun is in the south of the sky in the UK and USA, and in the north in Australia

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 true	advmod
2	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 midday	amod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 midday	punct
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 midday	case
5	midday	midday	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 south	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sun	det
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 south	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 south	cop
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 south	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 south	det
11	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 sky	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sky	det
14	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 south	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 UK	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 UK	det
17	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 sky	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 USA	cc
19	USA	USA	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 UK	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 north	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 north	cc
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 north	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 north	det
24	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 south	conj
25	in	in	ADP	_	26 Australia	case
26	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 north	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Sun			the south and the north in Australia		at true midday; of the sky in the UK and USA	tree rules

Option 4

He is right, it is overhead everywhere at noon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 everywhere	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 everywhere	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 everywhere	cop
7	overhead	overhead	ADV	_	8 everywhere	advmod
8	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 right	advmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 noon	case
10	noon	noon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 everywhere	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	is	present	it				noon	everywhere, overhead property	tree rules

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