Test 17 · ★ · Eyes, nose and using the toilet

some kid shone a laser pen in his mate's eye and they say he's totally blind now, what's the real lesson

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid, they · What happens: shine, say, be · To what, where: laser pen, eye, real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 kid	det
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shone	nsubj
3	shone	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pen	det
5	laser	laser	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pen	compound
6	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shone	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 eye	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mate	nmod:poss
9	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 eye	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 mate	case
11	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shone	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 say	cc
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 say	nsubj
14	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shone	conj
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 blind	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 blind	cop
17	totally	totally	ADV	_	18 blind	advmod
18	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 say	ccomp
19	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 blind	advmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 lesson	punct
21	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 lesson	nsubj
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 lesson	cop
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 lesson	det
24	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 lesson	amod
25	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	past	some kid	a laser pen	kid's mate's eye			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pen=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	they					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	kid			now	blind, totally property	tree rules
4	is a	present		the real lesson				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

Lasers are only ever dangerous at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lasers	laser	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dangerous	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dangerous	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 dangerous	advmod
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 dangerous	advmod
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 night	case
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dangerous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Lasers				ever; night	dangerous property	tree rules

Option 2

Close your eyes and lasers cannot hurt you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Close	close	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 eyes	nmod:poss
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Close	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hurt	cc
5	lasers	laser	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hurt	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 hurt	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 hurt	advmod
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Close	conj
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	imperative	you not said here	your eyes					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
2	not hurt	can	lasers	you					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient

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

Never point a laser at anyone's eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 point	advmod
2	point	point	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 laser	det
4	laser	laser	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 point	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 eyes	case
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 eyes	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 anyone	case
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 point	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not point	imperative	you not said here	a laser		anyone's eyes			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laser=Patient

Option 4

Only big lasers can hurt, pens are fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 lasers	advmod
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lasers	amod
3	lasers	laser	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hurt	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hurt	aux
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fine	punct
7	pens	pen	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 fine	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	cop
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hurt	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	can	big lasers						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	pens					fine property	tree rules

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