Test 9 · The human body deeper: the brain and nerves

Why might your eyes feel dry and tired after a long game on a screen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eyes · What happens: feel

This is test 9 of lesson 260 «The human body deeper: the brain and nerves» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 feel	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 feel	aux
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 feel	nsubj
5	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feel	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tired	cc
8	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dry	conj
9	after	after	ADP	_	12 game	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 game	det
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 game	amod
12	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feel	obl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 screen	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 screen	det
15	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 game	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	might	your eyes				after a long game on a screen	dry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Games make your eyes smaller

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obj
5	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Games	your eyes				small property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset eye=Product

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

You blink less while staring at the screen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 blink	nsubj
2	blink	blink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 blink	advmod
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	5 staring	mark
5	staring	stare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 blink	advcl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 screen	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 screen	det
8	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 staring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blink	present	You					less property	vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stare	gerund	You not said here					at the screen	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at screen=Theme

Option 3

Screens suck the water out of your eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Screens	screen	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 suck	nsubj
2	suck	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 suck	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 eyes	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 eyes	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 eyes	nmod:poss
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 suck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suck	present	Screens	the water		your eyes			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent water=Theme out eye=Source

Option 4

Blinking stops working at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blinking	blink	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stops	xcomp
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 night	case
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 working	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	when	roles by
1	blink	gerund		vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stop	present		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	work	gerund	night	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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