Test 10 · ★ · Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet

straw looks snapped in my glass of water, why

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: straw · What happens: look, snap · To what, where: glass

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 280 «Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet» 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	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looks	nsubj
2	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	snapped	snap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 looks	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 glass	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 glass	nmod:poss
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 snapped	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 glass	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 why	punct
10	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 looks	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	straw						tree rules
2	snap	participle	straw not said here			my glass of water			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in glass=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

The water really bends the straw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bends	nsubj
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 bends	advmod
4	bends	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 straw	det
6	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bends	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	present	the water	the straw					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent straw=Material

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Light bends going from water to air, it's refraction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bends	nsubj
2	bends	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 bends	xcomp
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 going	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 air	case
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 going	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 refraction	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 refraction	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 refraction	cop
11	refraction	refraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	bend	present	Light				tree rules
2	go	gerund	Light not said here		water	to air	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from water=Initial_Location to air=Destination
3	is a	present	Light	refraction			tree rules

Option 3

The straw goes soft in the cold water and bends over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 straw	det
2	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	nsubj
3	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 goes	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 water	amod
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 soft	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bends	cc
10	bends	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 goes	conj
11	over	over	ADV	_	10 bends	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	the straw					soft property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bend over	present	the straw not said here					over property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The glass is thicker at the bottom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 glass	det
2	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thicker	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thicker	cop
4	thicker	thick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 bottom	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bottom	det
7	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thicker	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the glass			the bottom		thick property	tree rules

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