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title: lost in the woods at night, which way's north?? — Constellations and the night sky in wi… · tree and pragmatics
description: lost in the woods at night, which way's north?? Test 2 of lesson 20 «Constellations and the night sky in winter and spring» of the space 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 2 · Constellations and the night sky in winter and spring

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lost in the woods at night, which way's north??

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** lose · **To what, where:** woods

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This is test 2 of lesson 20 «Constellations and the night sky in winter and spring» of the space 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/space/20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring:t2:1
# text = lost in the woods at night, which way's north??
1	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	9	det	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  | the woods | night |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in wood=Eventuality |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Walk towards Orion's belt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring:t2:o1:1
# text = Walk towards Orion's belt
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	Orion	Orion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | Orion's belt |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards belt=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Follow the Moon wherever it is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring:t2:o2:1
# text = Follow the Moon wherever it is
1	Follow	follow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	wherever	wherever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	1	ccomp	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Moon |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Moon |  |  |  |  | wherever *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Face the brightest star you can see, that's always north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring:t2:o3:1
# text = Face the brightest star you can see, that's always north
1	Face	face	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	brightest	bright	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	1	advmod	_	_
12	north	north	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face** | imperative | you *not said here* | the brightest star |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme star=Destination |
| 2 | **see** | can | you | the brightest star *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer star=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | always, north *property* | tree rules |

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

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Find Polaris with the Plough's Pointers and face it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:20-constellations-and-the-night-sky-in-winter-and-spring:t2:o4:1
# text = Find Polaris with the Plough's Pointers and face it
1	Find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Polaris	Polaris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Plough	Plough	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	Pointers	Pointer	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	face	face	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | imperative | you *not said here* | Polaris |  |  |  | with the Plough's Pointers | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent polaris=Topic |
| 2 | **face** | present | you *not said here* | Plough |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination |

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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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