Test 9 · ★★ · Railway crossings, maps and addresses
A girl reads a map without first finding north and where she is. What can go wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: read, find, be, go · To what, where: map
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 275 «Railway crossings, maps and addresses» 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: A girl reads a map without first finding north and where she is.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reads | nsubj |
| 3 | reads | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 map | det |
| 5 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reads | obj |
| 6 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 8 finding | mark |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 finding | advmod |
| 8 | finding | find | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 reads | advcl |
| 9 | north | north | ADV | _ | 8 finding | advmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 is | cc |
| 11 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 is | advmod |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 is | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 north | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 reads | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | present | a girl | a map | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Topic | ||||
| 2 | find | gerund | a girl not said here | first, north property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | be | present | girl | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: What can go wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 go | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | aux |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 go | xcomp |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | can | wrong property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Nothing, because maps work any way up you hold them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 work | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 work | mark |
| 4 | maps | map | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 work | nsubj |
| 5 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nothing | parataxis |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 way | det |
| 7 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 work | obj |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 hold | mark |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 hold | nsubj |
| 10 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 work | advcl |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 hold | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | maps | any way | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent way=Material | ||||
| 2 | hold | present | you | maps = map | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She may set off in the wrong direction
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 set | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 set | aux |
| 3 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 set | compound:prt |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 direction | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 direction | det |
| 7 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 direction | amod |
| 8 | direction | direction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 set | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set off | may | She | the wrong direction | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The map will tear more easily
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 map | det |
| 2 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tear | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 tear | aux |
| 4 | tear | tear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 easily | advmod |
| 6 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 4 tear | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tear | future | the map | easily property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
The roads on the map will move
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 roads | det |
| 2 | roads | road | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 move | nsubj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 map | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 map | det |
| 5 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 roads | nmod |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 move | aux |
| 7 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | future | the roads on the map | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
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