--- title: why'd you keep looking back on the walk — Finding your way with landmarks · tree and pragmatics description: why'd you keep looking back on the walk Test 11 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 each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Finding your way with landmarks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/) / t11 # Test 11 · Finding your way with landmarks why'd you keep looking back on the walk **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** keep, look back This is test 11 of lesson 16 «Finding your way with landmarks» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/16-landmarks/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:t11:1 # text = why'd you keep looking back on the walk 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd 'd PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **look back** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | on the walk | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on walk=Theme | 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} To check nobody follows ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:t11:o1:1 # text = To check nobody follows 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 check check VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 4 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **follow** | present | nobody | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} To count the houses ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:t11:o2:1 # text = To count the houses 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 count count VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | to-infinitive | | the houses | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The way back looks different ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:t11:o3:1 # text = The way back looks different 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | the way | | | | | different *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Because it is quicker ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:t11:o4:1 # text = Because it is quicker 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 quicker quick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | quick *property* | tree rules | **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. 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