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title: my brother says the sun's always straight above you at noon everywhe… — Finding your way with landmarks · tree and pragmatics
description: my brother says the sun's always straight above you at noon everywhere so it can't help you find your way Test 18 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 
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# Test 18 · Finding your way with landmarks

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my brother says the sun's always straight above you at noon everywhere so it can't help you find your way

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, sun, you · **What happens:** say, not help, find · **To what, where:** you, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:t18:1
# text = my brother says the sun's always straight above you at noon everywhere so it can't help you find your way
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
8	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	above	above	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	ccomp	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
21	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my brother |  |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **help** | can | sun | you |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 3 | **find** *not said to happen* | infinitive | you *not said here* | your way |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, so only phones can show direction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:t18:o1:1
# text = He is right, so only phones can show direction
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
10	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | can | phones | direction |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent direction=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, the Sun moves randomly each day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:t18:o2:1
# text = He is right, the Sun moves randomly each day
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	randomly	randomly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | present | the Sun |  |  |  | day | randomly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not true; at midday the Sun is in the south of the sky in the UK and USA, and in the north in Australia

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:t18:o3:1
# text = Not true; at midday the Sun is in the south of the sky in the UK and USA, and in the north in Australia
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	midday	midday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	USA	USA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Sun |  |  | the south and the north in Australia |  | at true midday; of the sky in the UK and USA | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, it is overhead everywhere at noon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:t18:o4:1
# text = He is right, it is overhead everywhere at noon
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	overhead	overhead	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  | noon | everywhere, overhead *property* | tree rules |

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