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title: An evening walker in the countryside sees his long shadow stretching… — Thinking it through — forces, heat, li… · tree and pragmatics
description: An evening walker in the countryside sees his long shadow stretching ahead of him. Which way is he walking? Test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Thinking it through — forces, heat, light and energy» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Thinking it through — forces, heat, light and energy

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An evening walker in the countryside sees his long shadow stretching ahead of him. Which way is he walking?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** evening walker, long shadow, walker · **What happens:** see, stretch, shadow, walk · **To what, where:** long shadow, way

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This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Thinking it through — forces, heat, light and energy» of the world 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/world/60-reasoning-energy-technology/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An evening walker in the countryside sees his long shadow stretching ahead of him.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t6:1
# text = An evening walker in the countryside sees his long shadow stretching ahead of him.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	walker	walker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	countryside	countryside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	stretching	stretch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
12	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | a evening walker in the countryside | walker's long shadow |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stretch** | gerund | walker's long shadow *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of walker; ahead *property* | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme of he=Location |
| 3 | **shadow** |  | walker |  |  |  |  |  | nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which way is he walking?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t6:2
# text = Which way is he walking?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present · progressive | walker | which way |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He could be walking any way at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t6:o1:1
# text = He could be walking any way at all
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | could · progressive | He | any way |  | all |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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East, away from the setting Sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t6:o2:1
# text = East, away from the setting Sun
1	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	setting	setting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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West, towards the setting Sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t6:o3:1
# text = West, towards the setting Sun
1	West	west	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	setting	setting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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North, towards the Pole Star

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:t6:o4:1
# text = North, towards the Pole Star
1	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Star	Star	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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