--- title: Why could you still find your way with a compass if your phone died… — Compasses and the magnetic Earth · tree and pragmatics description: Why could you still find your way with a compass if your phone died in the hills? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 30 «Compasses and the magnetic Earth» of the physics 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/physics/30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth/t10/) [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/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Compasses and the magnetic Earth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Compasses and the magnetic Earth Why could you still find your way with a compass if your phone died in the hills? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, phone · **What happens:** find, die · **To what, where:** way This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 30 «Compasses and the magnetic Earth» of the physics 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/physics/30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth:t10:1 # text = Why could you still find your way with a compass if your phone died in the hills? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 compass compass NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | could | you | your way | | | still | with a compass | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent way=Attribute clause=Theme | | 2 | **die** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | your phone | | | | | in the hills | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in hill=Attribute | 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} The hills recharge the compass as you walk ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth:t10:o1:1 # text = The hills recharge the compass as you walk 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 recharge recharge VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 compass compass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 walk walk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recharge** | infinitive | the hills | the compass | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus compass=Experiencer | | 2 | **walk** | present | you | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A compass needs no batteries or signal ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth:t10:o2:1 # text = A compass needs no batteries or signal 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 compass compass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 batteries battery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 signal signal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | a compass | no batteries or signal | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot battery=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} A compass can also charge up a dead phone ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth:t10:o3:1 # text = A compass can also charge up a dead phone 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 compass compass NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 also also ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 charge charge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charge up** | can | a compass | a dead phone | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location phone=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The compass talks to satellites in space ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth:t10:o4:1 # text = The compass talks to satellites in space 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 compass compass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 talks talk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 satellites satellite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | present | the compass | | | | | to satellites in space | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to satellite=Co-Agent | **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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