Test 11 · Maps, plans and the compass

whats the little box with symbols in the corner of the map for

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗

This is test 11 of lesson 41 «Maps, plans and the compass» of the world 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	whats	what	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 box	det
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 box	amod
4	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 whats	nmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 symbols	case
6	symbols	symbol	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 box	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 corner	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 corner	det
9	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 symbols	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 map	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 map	det
12	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 corner	nmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	12 map	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It is where the map was printed

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	3 where	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 where	cop
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 map	det
5	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 printed	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 printed	aux:pass
7	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 where	advcl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					where property	tree rules
2	print	past · passive		the map					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is the key, explaining what the signs and colours mean

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	4 key	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 key	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 key	det
4	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 explaining	punct
6	explaining	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 key	acl
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 mean	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 signs	det
9	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 mean	nsubj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 colours	cc
11	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 signs	conj
12	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 explaining	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the key	tree rules
2	explain speech: assert	gerund	the key not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	mean	present	the signs and colours		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

Option 3

It shows how old the map is

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 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 old	advmod
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shows	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 map	det
6	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 old	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 old	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the map					old property	tree rules

Option 4

It lists the people who live there

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 lists	nsubj
2	lists	list	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 people	det
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lists	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 live	nsubj
6	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 people	acl:relcl
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 live	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	list	present	It	the people					tree rules
2	live	present	the people			there			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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