Test 5 · ★ · Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and ad…

Why do two equal lines in the Müller-Lyer illusion look different?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: two equal lines · What happens: look

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 313 «Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and adverts» 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=Int	12 look	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 look	aux
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 lines	nummod
4	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lines	amod
5	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 look	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	11 illusion	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 illusion	det
8	Müller	Müller	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Lyer	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 Müller	punct
10	Lyer	Lyer	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 illusion	compound
11	illusion	illusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lines	nmod
12	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 look	xcomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present · do-support	two equal lines in the Lyer illusion					different property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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 eyes need glasses to see them

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 need	nsubj
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 need	xcomp
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Your eyes	glasses					tree rules
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	glasses not said here	glasses = glass					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 2

The paper stretches one line

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 paper	det
2	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stretches	nsubj
3	stretches	stretch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 line	nummod
5	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stretches	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stretch	present	the paper	one line					vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent line=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The arrow ends fool the brain about their length

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 arrow	det
2	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ends	nsubj
3	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ends	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brain	det
6	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ends	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 length	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 length	nmod:poss
9	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brain	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	present	the arrow	fool					tree rules

Option 4

One of the lines really is longer, by a tiny bit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 lines	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lines	det
4	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 One	nmod
5	really	really	ADV	_	7 longer	advmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 longer	cop
7	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 lines	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bit	punct
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 bit	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bit	det
11	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bit	amod
12	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 longer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the lines not said here					by a tiny bit; long property	tree rules

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