Test 4 · ★★ · When the teacher gets it wrong

What would happen if you followed moss as a compass in a damp wood?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: happen, follow · To what, where: moss

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 33 «When the teacher gets it wrong» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 followed	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 followed	nsubj
6	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 followed	obj
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 compass	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 compass	det
10	compass	compass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 followed	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 wood	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 wood	det
13	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wood	amod
14	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 compass	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	follow a condition, not said to happen	past	you	moss				as a compass in a damp wood	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent moss=Theme as compass=Value

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 right answer

You could walk the wrong way, since moss grows on any damp side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 walk	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 walk	aux
3	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walk	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 grows	punct
8	since	since	SCONJ	_	10 grows	mark
9	moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grows	nsubj
10	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 walk	advcl
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 side	case
12	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 side	det
13	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 side	amod
14	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	could	You	the wrong way					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Trajectory
2	grow	present	moss			any damp side			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location

Option 2

You'd always go exactly north

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 go	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 go	advmod
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 north	advmod
6	north	north	ADV	_	4 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	would	You					always, north property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

You'd always reach a river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 reach	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 reach	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 reach	advmod
4	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	would	You	a river				always property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent river=Theme

Option 4

The moss would lead you home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 moss	det
2	moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lead	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 lead	aux
4	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 lead	obj
6	home	home	ADV	_	4 lead	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	would	the moss	you				home property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

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