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Test 2 · ★ · Compasses and the magnetic Earth

Ollie says a compass points straight to the North Pole. What's the more exact truth?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ollie, compass, exact truth · What happens: say, point, be · To what, where: North Pole · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 30 «Compasses and the magnetic Earth» of the physics 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: Ollie says a compass points straight to the North Pole.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 compass	det
4	compass	compass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 points	nsubj
5	points	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	5 points	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 Pole	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Pole	det
9	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Pole	compound
10	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 points	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ollie						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	point	present	a compass		the North Pole			straight property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to pole=Recipient

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's the more exact truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 truth	det
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 exact	advmod
5	exact	exact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 truth	amod
6	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the exact truth						tree rules

The options

Option 1

He is exactly right, every time

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	4 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	4 right	advmod
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 time	punct
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 right	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He				time	exactly, right property	tree rules

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

It points to magnetic north, which is a little way off

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	_	11 way	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 way	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 way	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 way	det
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 way	amod
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 north	nmod:unmarked
12	off	off	ADV	_	11 way	advmod

#	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 a	present	magnetic north	a little way				off property	tree rules

Option 3

It points to whichever way you happen to be walking at the time

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 way	case
4	whichever	whichever	DET	PronType=Rel	5 way	det
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 points	obl
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 happen	nsubj
7	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	10 walking	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 walking	aux
10	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 happen	advcl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 time	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 time	det
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 walking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point	present	It		whichever way				vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to way=Recipient
2	happen	present	you	whichever way not said here					tree rules
3	walk	to-infinitive · progressive	you not said here				time		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It points to the Sun at midday

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 Sun	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Sun	det
5	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 points	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 midday	case
7	midday	midday	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 points	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point	present	It		the Sun	midday			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to sun=Recipient

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