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description: In mist on a mountain, a boy thinks he knows a quicker way down off the path. What should he do? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 236 «Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 7 · ★ · Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons

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In mist on a mountain, a boy thinks he knows a quicker way down off the path. What should he do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** think, know, do · **To what, where:** mist, quicker way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 236 «Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons» 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/236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In mist on a mountain, a boy thinks he knows a quicker way down off the path.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t7:1
# text = In mist on a mountain, a boy thinks he knows a quicker way down off the path.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	quicker	quick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	amod	_	_
14	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	down	down	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
16	off	off	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | a boy |  |  | mist on a mountain |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **know** | present | boy | a quicker way |  |  |  | off the path | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should he do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t7:2
# text = What should he do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Follow the sound of the wind instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t7:o1:1
# text = Follow the sound of the wind instead
1	Follow	follow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sound of the wind |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Stay on the path with his group

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t7:o2:1
# text = Stay on the path with his group
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the path |  | with his group | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on path=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Take the short cut, because it is downhill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t7:o3:1
# text = Take the short cut, because it is downhill
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cut	cut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	downhill	downhill	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | the short cut |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cut=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | present | cut |  |  |  |  | downhill *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Go alone and wait for the others at the bottom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t7:o4:1
# text = Go alone and wait for the others at the bottom
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | the bottom |  | for the others | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at bottom=Location |

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