Test 5 · ★ · Senses: eyes and ears

My mate says his eyes see everything upside down but his brain flips it. Nonsense?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, eyes, brain · What happens: say, see, flip · To what, where: everything, it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 69 «Senses: eyes and ears» 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

Sentence 1: My mate says his eyes see everything upside down but his brain flips it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 eyes	nmod:poss
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 see	nsubj
6	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 see	obj
8	upside	upside	ADV	_	9 down	advmod
9	down	down	ADV	_	6 see	advmod
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 flips	cc
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 brain	nmod:poss
12	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 flips	nsubj
13	flips	flip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 see	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 flips	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	My mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	see	present	mate's eyes	everything	down property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus
3	flip	present	mate's brain	it		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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: Nonsense?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Nonsense	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Yes, babies see upside down for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 see	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 see	punct
3	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	nsubj
4	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	upside	upside	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj
6	down	down	ADV	_	4 see	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 ever	case
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see down	present	babies	upside				down property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer upside=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, it is nonsense: eyes always see everything the right way up from the start

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 nonsense	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 nonsense	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 nonsense	cop
5	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 see	punct
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 see	nsubj
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 see	advmod
9	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 nonsense	advcl
10	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 see	obj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 way	det
12	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 way	amod
13	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 see	obl:unmarked
14	up	up	ADV	_	9 see	advmod
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 start	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 start	det
17	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	nonsense					tree rules
2	see	present	eyes	everything		the start		the right way obl:unmarked; always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, it is right: the lens makes an upside-down picture and the brain turns it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 right	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 right	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 right	cop
5	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 makes	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lens	det
8	lens	lens	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 makes	nsubj
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 right	advcl
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 picture	det
11	upside	upside	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 down	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 down	punct
13	down	down	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 picture	amod
14	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 makes	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 turns	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 brain	det
17	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 turns	nsubj
18	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 makes	conj
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 turns	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	it		right property	tree rules
2	make	present	the lens	a down picture		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset picture=Product
3	turn	present	the brain	picture		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Yes, only cameras flip pictures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 flip	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 cameras	advmod
4	cameras	camera	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 flip	nsubj
5	flip	flip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 flip	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flip	present	cameras	pictures					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Theme

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