Test 17 · ★ · Posture, screens and resting your eyes

my cousin reckons if u read under the covers with a torch ur eyes go blind permanently

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, u, eyes · What happens: reckon, read, go · To what, where: covers

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 8 «Posture, screens and resting your eyes» 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 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 read	mark
5	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 read	nsubj
6	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reckons	advcl
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 covers	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 covers	det
9	covers	cover	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 read	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 torch	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 torch	det
12	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 go	obl
13	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 eyes	nmod:poss
14	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 go	nsubj
15	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 read	conj
16	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 go	xcomp
17	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	15 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	my cousin			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	read a condition, not said to happen	past	u	the covers		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	go	present	ur's eyes		with a torch; blind, permanently property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with torch=Beneficiary

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

It is true, reading in dim light blinds you for life

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	_	5 reading	punct
5	reading	read	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 blinds	csubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 light	case
7	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 light	amod
8	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reading	obl
9	blinds	blind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	parataxis
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 blinds	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 life	case
12	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blinds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			true property	tree rules
2	read	gerund			dim light		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	blind	present	reading	you		for life	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That is a rumour; dim light can tire your eyes but does not damage them for good

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 rumour	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rumour	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rumour	det
4	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 tire	punct
6	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 light	amod
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tire	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 tire	aux
9	tire	tire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 rumour	conj
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 eyes	nmod:poss
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 tire	obj
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 damage	cc
13	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 damage	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 damage	advmod
15	damage	damage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 tire	conj
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 damage	obj
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 good	case
18	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 damage	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	a rumour		tree rules
2	tire	can	dim light	your eyes		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eye=Experiencer
3	not damage	present · do-support	dim light not said here	eyes = eye	for good	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

It is true, but only if you read comics

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	_	9 read	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 read	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 read	advmod
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 read	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 read	nsubj
9	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	parataxis
10	comics	comic	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 read	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	read a condition, not said to happen	present	you	comics					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comic=Topic

Option 4

It is true, so you should only read outside

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	_	9 read	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 read	advmod
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 read	nsubj
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 read	aux
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 read	advmod
9	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 true	parataxis
10	outside	outside	ADV	_	9 read	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	read	should	you					outside property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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