--- title: Determine the direction in which an observer is facing, having comme… — Olympiad: maps, directions and clocks… · tree and pragmatics description: Determine the direction in which an observer is facing, having commenced facing south and executed, in succession, a left turn and a further left turn. Exam question 1 of lesson 63 «Olympiad: maps, directions and clocks ★★★» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/63-olympiad-maps-directions-and-clocks/e1/) [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/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Olympiad: maps, directions and clocks…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/63-olympiad-maps-directions-and-clocks/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Olympiad: maps, directions and clocks ★★★ Determine the direction in which an observer is facing, having commenced facing south and executed, in succession, a left turn and a further left turn. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, observer · **What happens:** determine, face, commence, execute · **To what, where:** direction, succession This is exam question 1 of lesson 63 «Olympiad: maps, directions and clocks ★★★» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/geography/63-olympiad-maps-directions-and-clocks/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:63-olympiad-maps-directions-and-clocks:e1:1 # text = Determine the direction in which an observer is facing, having commenced facing south and executed, in succession, a left turn and a further left turn. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 observer observer NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 facing face VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 aux _ _ 12 commenced commence VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 parataxis _ _ 13 facing face VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 14 south south ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 executed execute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 succession succession NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 further further ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the direction | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Topic | | 2 | **face** | present · progressive | a observer | | | | | in the direction | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in which=Theme | | 3 | **commence** | gerund · perfect | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **face** | gerund | | | | | | south *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **execute** | participle | | succession | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent succession=Patient | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} West ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:63-olympiad-maps-directions-and-clocks:e1:o1:1 # text = West 1 West west ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} South ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:63-olympiad-maps-directions-and-clocks:e1:o2:1 # text = South 1 South south ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} North ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:63-olympiad-maps-directions-and-clocks:e1:o3:1 # text = North 1 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} East ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:63-olympiad-maps-directions-and-clocks:e1:o4:1 # text = East 1 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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