Test 7 · ★ · Directions, latitude and longitude

Why would an old map's compass instructions slowly become wrong?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: compass instructions, old map · What happens: become, instruct

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 2 «Directions, latitude and longitude» of the geography 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 become	advmod
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 become	aux
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 map	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 map	amod
5	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 instructions	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 map	case
7	compass	compass	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 instructions	compound
8	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 become	nsubj
9	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	10 become	advmod
10	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 become	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 become	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	would	a old map's compass instructions					slowly, wrong property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	instruct		a old map						nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

The paper shrinks over time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 paper	det
2	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shrinks	nsubj
3	shrinks	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	5 time	case
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shrinks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	present	the paper				time		vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Magnetic north keeps moving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 north	amod
2	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeps	nsubj
3	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 keeps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Magnetic north						tree rules
2	move	gerund	Magnetic north not said here						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Compasses wear out with use

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Compasses	compass	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wear	nsubj
2	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 wear	compound:prt
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 use	case
5	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear out	present	Compasses					with use	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The Earth's poles swap every year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Earth	det
2	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 poles	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Earth	case
4	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 swap	nsubj
5	swap	swap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swap	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swap	present	the Earth's poles				year		vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme

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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