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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the use of moss for the determination of north. Exam question 4 of lesson 16 «Finding your way with landmarks» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 4 · Finding your way with landmarks

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the use of moss for the determination of north.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, use · **To what, where:** response, use, moss

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 16 «Finding your way with landmarks» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/16-landmarks/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:e4:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the use of moss for the determination of north.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	moss	moss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	determination	determination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	north	north	ADV	RB	_	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the use of moss |  |  |  | for the determination | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus use=Experiencer |
| 5 | **use** |  |  | moss |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Moss points towards north in the manner of a compass needle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:e4:o1:1
# text = Moss points towards north in the manner of a compass needle
1	Moss	moss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	points	point	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	north	north	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	compass	compass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point** | present | Moss |  |  |  |  | in the manner of a compass needle; north *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in manner=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Moss may grow upon any damp and shady side of a tree and is therefore unreliable

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:e4:o2:1
# text = Moss may grow upon any damp and shady side of a tree and is therefore unreliable
1	Moss	moss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
6	damp	damp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	shady	shady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	unreliable	unreliable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | may | Moss |  |  | any damp side of a tree |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon side=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | Moss *not said here* |  |  |  |  | therefore, unreliable *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Moss grows exclusively upon the northern side of trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:e4:o3:1
# text = Moss grows exclusively upon the northern side of trees
1	Moss	moss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Moss |  |  | the northern side of trees |  | exclusively *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon side=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Moss grows exclusively upon the southern side of trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:e4:o4:1
# text = Moss grows exclusively upon the southern side of trees
1	Moss	moss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Moss |  |  | the southern side of trees |  | exclusively *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon side=Location |

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**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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