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description: A family is lost in a forest after ignoring a junction sign. What could have kept them on track? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 325 «Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail markers, quarries, campfire burns, river crossings, bridges and pool safety» of the everyday course of Mova's primary sc
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail ma…

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A family is lost in a forest after ignoring a junction sign. What could have kept them on track?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** lose, ignore, keep · **To what, where:** family, forest, junction sign, them, track

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 325 «Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail markers, quarries, campfire burns, river crossings, bridges and pool safety» 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/325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A family is lost in a forest after ignoring a junction sign.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t4:1
# text = A family is lost in a forest after ignoring a junction sign.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	ignoring	ignore	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	junction	junction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · passive |  | a family |  | a forest |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **ignore** | gerund |  | a junction sign |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=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 could have kept them on track?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t4:2
# text = What could have kept them on track?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	track	track	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | could · perfect |  | them *= they* |  | track |  |  | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Theme they=Attribute |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Walking faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t4:o1:1
# text = Walking faster
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Going downhill at every fork

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t4:o2:1
# text = Going downhill at every fork
1	Going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	downhill	downhill	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	fork	fork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  | every fork |  | downhill *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at fork=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Following a deer path

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t4:o3:1
# text = Following a deer path
1	Following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Checking the trail markers at every junction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools:t4:o4:1
# text = Checking the trail markers at every junction
1	Checking	check	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	markers	marker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	junction	junction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | gerund |  | the trail markers |  | every junction |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marker=Theme |

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