Test 11 · ★ · Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet

road looks wet way ahead but it hasnt rained??

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: road · What happens: look, rain · To what, where: wet way, it

This is test 11 · ★ 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	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looks	nsubj
2	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 way	amod
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looks	obl
5	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	4 way	advmod
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 rained	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 rained	nsubj:pass
8	hasnt	hasnt	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 rained	aux:pass
9	rained	rain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 looks	conj
10	??	??	PUNCT	_	2 looks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	road	wet way					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	rain	past · passive		it					tree rules

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

The tar melts and turns to water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tar	det
2	tar	tar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 melts	nsubj
3	melts	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 turns	cc
5	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 melts	conj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	present	the tar						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	turn	present	the tar not said here			water			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to water=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It's a mirage, hot air bending light from the sky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mirage	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mirage	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mirage	det
4	mirage	mirage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 air	punct
6	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 air	amod
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mirage	appos
8	bending	bend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 air	acl
9	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bending	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 sky	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sky	det
12	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a mirage					tree rules
2	bend	gerund	hot air not said here	light		the sky			vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent light=Material

Option 3

There's a hidden puddle up ahead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 's	expl
2	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 puddle	det
4	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 puddle	amod
5	puddle	puddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 's	nsubj
6	up	up	ADP	_	2 's	compound:prt
7	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	2 's	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be up	present	a hidden puddle			there		ahead property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Cars leave water behind them as they drive along on hot days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 leave	nsubj
2	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leave	obj
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leave	obl
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 drive	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 drive	nsubj
8	drive	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 leave	advcl
9	along	along	ADV	_	8 drive	advmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 days	case
11	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 days	amod
12	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 drive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present	Cars	water				behind them = they	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent water=Theme behind they=Location
2	drive	present	Cars = car				day	along property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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