--- title: Why do people get lost after leaving a forest path? — Safe and kind in gardens and forests · tree and pragmatics description: Why do people get lost after leaving a forest path? Test 16 · ★ of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» 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/229-gardens-and-forests/t16/) [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/) / [Safe and kind in gardens and forests](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/229-gardens-and-forests/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Safe and kind in gardens and forests Why do people get lost after leaving a forest path? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** lose, leave · **To what, where:** people, forest path This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» 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/229-gardens-and-forests/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t16:1 # text = Why do people get lost after leaving a forest path? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 get get AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 after after SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | present · passive · do-support | | people | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **leave** | gerund | | a forest path | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=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} Forests are always dark, even at noon ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t16:o1:1 # text = Forests are always dark, even at noon 1 Forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 even even ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Forests | | | | noon | always, dark *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Maps and compasses stop working once you are under the trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t16:o2:1 # text = Maps and compasses stop working once you are under the trees 1 Maps map NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 compasses compass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 csubj _ _ 6 once once SCONJ IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 under under ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | Maps and compasses | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **work** | gerund | | | | | | once you | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | working | | | the trees | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Forest paths move around a little bit every night ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t16:o3:1 # text = Forest paths move around a little bit every night 1 Forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 paths path NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 move move VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 around around ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | present | Forest paths | | | a little bit | night | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme around bit=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Trees look alike and it is easy to lose your way ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t16:o4:1 # text = Trees look alike and it is easy to lose your way 1 Trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 alike alike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 expl _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 csubj _ _ 10 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | Trees | | | | | alike *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | present | Trees *not said here* | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **lose** | to-infinitive | | your way | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality | **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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