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title: A family leaves the trail for a shortcut across a steep, rocky slope… — Hiking and the outdoors · tree and pragmatics
description: A family leaves the trail for a shortcut across a steep, rocky slope. Why is this a bad idea? Test 4 of lesson 47 «Hiking and the outdoors» 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · Hiking and the outdoors

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A family leaves the trail for a shortcut across a steep, rocky slope. Why is this a bad idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family, this · **What happens:** leave, be · **To what, where:** trail, steep rocky slope, bad idea

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This is test 4 of lesson 47 «Hiking and the outdoors» 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/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A family leaves the trail for a shortcut across a steep, rocky slope.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:47-hiking-and-the-outdoors:t4:1
# text = A family leaves the trail for a shortcut across a steep, rocky slope.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shortcut	shortcut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	across	across	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	rocky	rocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	slope	slope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | a family | the trail |  | a steep rocky slope |  | for a shortcut | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent trail=Theme for shortcut=Recipient |

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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:* Why is this a bad idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:47-hiking-and-the-outdoors:t4:2
# text = Why is this a bad idea?
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	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | this | a bad idea |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Rocks are hotter than the trail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:47-hiking-and-the-outdoors:t4:o1:1
# text = Rocks are hotter than the trail
1	Rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	hotter	hot	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Rocks |  |  |  |  | than the trail; hot *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Trails are the only places with enough oxygen to breathe safely up high

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:47-hiking-and-the-outdoors:t4:o2:1
# text = Trails are the only places with enough oxygen to breathe safely up high
1	Trails	trail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	breathe	breathe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
11	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	up	up	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Trails | the only places |  |  |  | with enough oxygen | tree rules |
| 2 | **breathe** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | high, safely *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They could get lost or fall where nobody would look for them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:47-hiking-and-the-outdoors:t4:o3:1
# text = They could get lost or fall where nobody would look for them
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | could | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **lose** | participle | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fall** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **look** | would | nobody |  |  |  |  | for them *= they* | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shortcuts always take longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:47-hiking-and-the-outdoors:t4:o4:1
# text = Shortcuts always take longer
1	Shortcuts	shortcut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | Shortcuts |  |  |  |  | always, long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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