Test 18 · ★ · Eyes, nose and using the toilet

my gran swears eating carrots lets u see in the dark like a cat, true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: gran, eating, u · What happens: swear, eat, let, see · To what, where: carrots, u, dark

This is test 18 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 gran	nmod:poss
2	gran	gran	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swears	nsubj
3	swears	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 lets	csubj
5	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eating	obj
6	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 swears	conj
7	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 lets	obj
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 lets	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 dark	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dark	det
11	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 see	obl
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 cat	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cat	det
14	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 see	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 true	punct
16	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 cat	amod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 swears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	swear	present	my gran				vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	eat	gerund		carrots			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carrot=Patient
3	let	present	eating	u			tree rules
4	see	infinitive	u not said here		the dark	like a cat	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.

The options

Option 1

True, after ten carrots you see in the dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 carrots	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 carrots	punct
3	after	after	ADP	_	5 carrots	case
4	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 carrots	nummod
5	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 see	nsubj
7	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 carrots	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 dark	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dark	det
10	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	you	True ten carrots not said here		the dark			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer carrot=Stimulus

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

No, carrots are healthy but do not give night vision

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 healthy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 healthy	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 healthy	cop
5	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 give	cc
7	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 give	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 give	advmod
9	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 healthy	conj
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 vision	compound
11	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	carrots					healthy property	tree rules
2	not give	infinitive · do-support	carrots not said here	night vision					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vision=Theme

Option 3

True, but only raw carrots work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 work	reparandum
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 work	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 work	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 carrots	advmod
5	raw	raw	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 carrots	amod
6	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 work	nsubj
7	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	raw carrots						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

False, carrots are actually bad for the eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 carrots	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 False	punct
3	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bad	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bad	cop
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 bad	advmod
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 eyes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 eyes	det
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bad	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	False carrots					for the eyes; actually, bad property	tree rules

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