--- title: Why is moss a bad guide for finding north? — The night sky and outdoor myths · tree and pragmatics description: Why is moss a bad guide for finding north? Test 14 · ★★ of lesson 240 «The night sky and outdoor myths» 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/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/t14/) [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/) / [The night sky and outdoor myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★★ · The night sky and outdoor myths Why is moss a bad guide for finding north? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** moss, bad guide · **What happens:** be, find · **To what, where:** bad guide This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 240 «The night sky and outdoor myths» 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/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t14:1 # text = Why is moss a bad guide for finding north? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 moss moss NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 guide guide NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 9 north north ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | moss | a bad guide | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | gerund | a bad guide *not said here* | | | | | north *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | 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} It grows only on dead trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t14:o1:1 # text = It grows only on dead trees 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | It | dead trees | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tree=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It grows wherever it is damp and shady, on any side ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t14:o2:1 # text = It grows wherever it is damp and shady, on any side 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 damp damp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 shady shady ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | It | | | any side | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | damp, wherever *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is only wrong in the summer, when it grows faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t14:o3:1 # text = It is only wrong in the summer, when it grows faster 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | summer | wrong *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | present | it | | | | | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It only ever grows on the south side of trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t14:o4:1 # text = It only ever grows on the south side of trees 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 4 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 south South ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | It | | | the south side of trees | ever | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location | **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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