Test 6 · ★★ · Eyes and ears deeper: glasses, colour blindness, tears, ea…

How might a ballet dancer spin many times without getting dizzy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dancer spin · What happens: get

This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 362 «Eyes and ears deeper: glasses, colour blindness, tears, earwax and dizziness» 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 getting	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 getting	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spin	det
4	ballet	ballet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dancer	compound
5	dancer	dancer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spin	compound
6	spin	spin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 getting	nsubj
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 times	amod
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 getting	obl:unmarked
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	10 getting	mark
10	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
11	dizzy	dizzy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 getting	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 getting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	might	a dancer spin				time	dizzy property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

She spins only on her left foot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spins	nsubj
2	spins	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	7 foot	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 foot	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 foot	nmod:poss
6	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 foot	amod
7	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spins	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	present	She			her left foot			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on foot=Trajectory

Option 2

She holds her breath the whole time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 holds	nsubj
2	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 breath	nmod:poss
4	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 time	amod
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	She	her breath			time		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She fixes her eyes on one spot and whips her head round last

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fixes	nsubj
2	fixes	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fixes	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 spot	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 spot	nummod
7	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fixes	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 whips	cc
9	whips	whip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 fixes	conj
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 head	nmod:poss
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 whips	obj
12	round	round	ADV	_	9 whips	advmod
13	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 whips	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	present	She	her eyes		one spot			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
2	whip	present	She not said here	her head				last, round property	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent head=Material

Option 4

She closes both ears tightly with her fingers so the fluid cannot move

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 closes	nsubj
2	closes	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 ears	det
4	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 closes	obj
5	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	2 closes	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 fingers	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 fingers	nmod:poss
8	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 closes	obl
9	so	so	SCONJ	_	14 move	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fluid	det
11	fluid	fluid	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 move	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 move	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 move	advmod
14	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 closes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	present	She	both ears				with her fingers; tightly property	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent ear=Destination with finger=Theme
2	not move	can	the fluid						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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