--- title: It is given that a person faces south. Ascertain the direction lying… — Map reading puzzles · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a person faces south. Ascertain the direction lying to that person's left. Exam question 1 of lesson 49 «Map reading puzzles» 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 was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/49-map-puzzles/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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Map reading puzzles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/49-map-puzzles/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Map reading puzzles It is given that a person faces south. Ascertain the direction lying to that person's left. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** person, you, direction · **What happens:** give, face, ascertain, lie, leave · **To what, where:** It, direction, person This is exam question 1 of lesson 49 «Map reading puzzles» 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/49-map-puzzles/#e1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a person faces south. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:e1:1 # text = It is given that a person faces south. 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 _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 faces face VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 south south ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . 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 | **face** | present | a person | | | | | south *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | 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 that person's left. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:e1:2 # text = Ascertain the direction lying to that person's left. 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 SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . 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* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **leave** | present · passive | | that person | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} West ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles: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} North ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:e1:o2:1 # text = North 1 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} South ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:e1:o3:1 # text = South 1 South south ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} East ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles: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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