Test 12 · ★ · Balance and falling well

why's it so hard standing on 1 leg eyes shut

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: it · What happens: be, stand · To what, where: 1 leg eyes

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 2 «Balance and falling well» of the everyday 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=Rel	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 why	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 why	nsubj
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 hard	advmod
5	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 why	advmod
6	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 why	advcl:relcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 eyes	case
8	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 eyes	nummod
9	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 eyes	compound
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 standing	obl
11	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 standing	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					hard, why property	tree rules
2	stand	gerund				1 leg eyes		shut property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on eye=Location

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

Your legs get weaker in the dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 legs	nmod:poss
2	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	nsubj
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	weaker	weak	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 get	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 dark	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dark	det
7	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Your legs			the dark		weak property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

The floor feels further away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 floor	det
2	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feels	nsubj
3	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	further	further	ADV	_	5 away	advmod
5	away	away	ADV	_	3 feels	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	the floor					away property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Your ears stop working then

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 ears	nmod:poss
2	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stop	nsubj
3	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stop	xcomp
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 working	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	Your ears						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	work	gerund	Your ears not said here				then		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Your eyes help you balance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 help	nsubj
3	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 help	obj
5	balance	balance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 help	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Your eyes	you					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	balance	infinitive	you not said here						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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