Test 1 · ★ · Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts

You're on a hike far in the north of Canada and the compass needle points a bit off from the real North Pole. What is going on?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, compass needle · What happens: be, point off, go on · To what, where: hike, bit, real North Pole

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 17 «Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts» of the myths 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: You're on a hike far in the north of Canada and the compass needle points a bit off from the real North Pole.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 hike	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hike	cop
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 hike	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hike	det
5	hike	hike	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 north	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 north	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 north	det
9	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hike	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Canada	case
11	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 north	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 points	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 needle	det
14	compass	compass	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 needle	compound
15	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 points	nsubj
16	points	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hike	conj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 bit	det
18	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 points	obj
19	off	off	ADP	_	16 points	compound:prt
20	from	from	ADP	_	24 Pole	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 Pole	det
22	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 Pole	amod
23	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 Pole	compound
24	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 points	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hike	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	You			a hike		in the north of Canada	tree rules
2	point off	present	the compass needle	a bit		the real North Pole			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient

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 is going on?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 going	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 going	aux
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	3 going	compound:prt
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go on	present · progressive							vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

The compass is broken and needs a new battery to work again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 compass	det
2	compass	compass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broken	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 broken	aux:pass
4	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 needs	cc
6	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 broken	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 battery	det
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 battery	amod
9	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needs	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 work	mark
11	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 battery	acl
12	again	again	ADV	_	11 work	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	roles by
1	break	present · passive	the compass		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	need	present	a new battery		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot battery=Theme
3	work	to-infinitive	a new battery not said here	again	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It points to magnetic north, which is in a different place

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 points	nsubj
2	points	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 north	case
4	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 north	amod
5	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 points	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 place	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 place	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 place	cop
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 place	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 place	det
11	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 place	amod
12	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 north	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point	present	It		magnetic north				vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to north=Recipient
2	is	present	magnetic north			a different place			tree rules

Option 3

The North Pole moved there last night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Pole	det
2	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Pole	compound
3	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 moved	nsubj
4	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 moved	advmod
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 night	amod
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moved	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	the North Pole			there	night		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Compasses stop working in the cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Compasses	compass	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stop	nsubj
2	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stop	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cold	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cold	det
6	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 working	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	Compasses						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	work	gerund	Compasses not said here					in the cold	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cold=Theme

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