Test 12 · Maps, plans and the compass

my bro says a compass points north cos of the North Star. true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: bro, compass · What happens: say, point · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 bro	nmod:poss
2	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 compass	det
5	compass	compass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 points	nsubj
6	points	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	north	north	ADV	_	6 points	advmod
8	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	12 Star	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 Star	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Star	det
11	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Star	compound
12	Star	Star	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 points	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 true	punct
14	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	parataxis
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my bro						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	point	present	a compass					cos the North Star; north property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Yes, but only at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 night	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 night	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 night	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2

Yes, the needle sees the North Star

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 sees	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 needle	det
4	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sees	nsubj
5	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Star	det
7	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Star	compound
8	Star	Star	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	the needle	the North Star					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer star=Stimulus

Option 3

No, it points to the nearest sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 points	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 points	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 points	nsubj
4	points	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
7	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 sea	amod
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 points	obl

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, its needle is a magnet pulled by the Earth's magnetism

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 magnet	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 magnet	punct
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 needle	nmod:poss
4	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 magnet	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 magnet	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 magnet	det
7	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 magnet	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	13 magnetism	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Earth	det
11	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 magnetism	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Earth	case
13	magnetism	magnetism	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pulled	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	its needle	a magnet					tree rules
2	pull	participle		a magnet not said here					vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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