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title: A girl reads a map without first finding north and where she is. Wha… — Railway crossings, maps and addresses · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl reads a map without first finding north and where she is. What can go wrong? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 275 «Railway crossings, maps and addresses» 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.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Railway crossings, maps and addresses

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A girl reads a map without first finding north and where she is. What can go wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** read, find, be, go · **To what, where:** map

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 275 «Railway crossings, maps and addresses» 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/275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl reads a map without first finding north and where she is.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t9:1
# text = A girl reads a map without first finding north and where she is.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reads	read	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
8	finding	find	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	north	north	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | a girl | a map |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Topic |
| 2 | **find** | gerund | a girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first, north *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **be** | present | girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 can go wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t9:2
# text = What can go wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | can |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, because maps work any way up you hold them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t9:o1:1
# text = Nothing, because maps work any way up you hold them
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	maps	map	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | maps | any way |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent way=Material |
| 2 | **hold** | present | you | maps *= map* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She may set off in the wrong direction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t9:o2:1
# text = She may set off in the wrong direction
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set off** | may | She |  |  | the wrong direction |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The map will tear more easily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t9:o3:1
# text = The map will tear more easily
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	tear	tear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear** | future | the map |  |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The roads on the map will move

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t9:o4:1
# text = The roads on the map will move
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | future | the roads on the map |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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