Test 2 · Constellations and the night sky in winter and spring

lost in the woods at night, which way's north??

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: lose · To what, where: woods

This is test 2 of lesson 20 «Constellations and the night sky in winter and spring» of the space 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	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 woods	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 woods	det
4	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 lost	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 lost	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 north	punct
8	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	9 way	det
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 north	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 way	case
11	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 night	conj
12	??	??	PUNCT	_	1 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle				the woods	night		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in wood=Eventuality

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

Walk towards Orion's belt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	towards	towards	ADP	_	5 belt	case
3	Orion	Orion	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 belt	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Orion	case
5	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here			Orion's belt			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards belt=Destination

Option 2

Follow the Moon wherever it is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Moon	det
3	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Follow	obj
4	wherever	wherever	ADV	PronType=Int	1 Follow	ccomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wherever	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wherever	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	imperative	you not said here	the Moon					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Theme
2	is	present	Moon					wherever property	tree rules

Option 3

Face the brightest star you can see, that's always north

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Face	face	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 star	det
3	brightest	bright	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 star	amod
4	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Face	obj
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 see	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 see	aux
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 star	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 always	punct
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 always	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 always	cop
11	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	1 Face	advmod
12	north	north	ADV	_	11 always	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	face	imperative	you not said here	the brightest star		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme star=Destination
2	see	can	you	the brightest star not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer star=Stimulus
3	is	present	that		always, north property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Find Polaris with the Plough's Pointers and face it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Polaris	Polaris	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Find	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	7 Pointers	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Plough	det
5	Plough	Plough	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Pointers	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Plough	case
7	Pointers	Pointer	PROPN	Number=Plur	1 Find	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 face	cc
9	face	face	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Find	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 face	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	imperative	you not said here	Polaris				with the Plough's Pointers	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent polaris=Topic
2	face	present	you not said here	Plough					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination

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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