Test 1 · ★ · Eyes, nose and using the toilet
A boy in Ohio says carrots let pilots see in the dark. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, carrots, pilots · What happens: say, let, see, be · To what, where: pilots, dark · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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
Sentence 1: A boy in Ohio says carrots let pilots see in the dark.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Ohio | case |
| 4 | Ohio | Ohio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | carrots | carrot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 let | nsubj |
| 7 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 says | ccomp |
| 8 | pilots | pilot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 let | obj |
| 9 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 let | xcomp |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 dark | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 dark | det |
| 12 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 see | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a boy in Ohio | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | let | infinitive | carrots | pilots | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | see | infinitive | pilots not said here | the dark | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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: What is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It is true, pilots ate carrots to see at night
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 | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 ate | punct |
| 5 | pilots | pilot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 ate | nsubj |
| 6 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | conj |
| 7 | carrots | carrot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 ate | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 see | mark |
| 9 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 ate | xcomp |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 night | case |
| 11 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | eat | past | pilots | carrots | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | see | to-infinitive | pilots not said here | night | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
It is true only for children
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 | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 children | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 children | case |
| 6 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 true | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | for children; true property | tree rules |
Option 3
It is true for all orange vegetables
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 | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 vegetables | case |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 vegetables | det |
| 6 | orange | orange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 vegetables | amod |
| 7 | vegetables | vegetable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 true | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | for all orange vegetables; true property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
That story was wartime propaganda, carrots are healthy but give no super sight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 story | det |
| 2 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 propaganda | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 propaganda | cop |
| 4 | wartime | wartime | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 propaganda | amod |
| 5 | propaganda | propaganda | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 healthy | punct |
| 7 | carrots | carrot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 healthy | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 healthy | cop |
| 9 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 propaganda | parataxis |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 give | cc |
| 11 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 healthy | conj |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 14 sight | det |
| 13 | super | super | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 sight | amod |
| 14 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | that story | wartime propaganda | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | carrots | healthy property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | give | present | carrots not said here | no super sight | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme |
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