--- title: It is given that a map is oriented in the customary manner. Ascertai… — Maps, plans and the compass · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a map is oriented in the customary manner. Ascertain the direction lying to the right. Exam question 3 of lesson 41 «Maps, plans and the compass» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/41-maps-and-compass/e3/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Maps, plans and the compass](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/41-maps-and-compass/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Maps, plans and the compass It is given that a map is oriented in the customary manner. Ascertain the direction lying to the right. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, direction · **What happens:** give, orient, ascertain, lie · **To what, where:** It, map, customary manner, direction This is exam question 3 of lesson 41 «Maps, plans and the compass» of the world 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/world/41-maps-and-compass/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a map is oriented in the customary manner. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:41-maps-and-compass:e3:1 # text = It is given that a map is oriented in the customary manner. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 map map NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 oriented orient VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 customary customary NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **orient** | present · passive | | a map | | the customary manner | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Ascertain the direction lying to the right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:41-maps-and-compass:e3:2 # text = Ascertain the direction lying to the right. 1 Ascertain ascertain 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 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the direction | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Topic | | 2 | **lie** | gerund | the direction *not said here* | | | | | to the right | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} East ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:41-maps-and-compass:e3:o1:1 # text = East 1 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} West ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:41-maps-and-compass:e3:o2:1 # text = West 1 West west ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} South ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:41-maps-and-compass:e3:o3:1 # text = South 1 South south ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} North ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:41-maps-and-compass:e3:o4:1 # text = North 1 North North 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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