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Test 9 · ★ · Posture, screens and resting your eyes

A boy reads a comic under the covers with a dim torch. What will probably happen?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: read, happen · To what, where: comic, covers

This is test 9 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A boy reads a comic under the covers with a dim torch.

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	3 reads	nsubj
3	reads	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 comic	det
5	comic	comic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reads	obj
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 covers	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 covers	det
8	covers	cover	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reads	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 torch	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 torch	det
11	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 torch	amod
12	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 covers	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reads	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	present	a boy	a comic		the covers with a dim torch			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comic=Topic

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 will probably happen?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happen	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happen	aux
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	4 happen	advmod
4	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	future						probably property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

His eyes may get tired, but they will be fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fine	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 fine	cc
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fine	nsubj
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 fine	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 fine	cop
11	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	may	His eyes					tired property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	future	eyes = eye					fine property	tree rules

Option 2

Nothing at all, because dim light is the best light for reading in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 all	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Nothing	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 light	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 light	mark
6	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 light	amod
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 light	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 light	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 light	det
10	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 light	amod
11	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 reading	case
13	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 light	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	11 light	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	dim light			the best light		for reading	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He will need glasses for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 need	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 need	aux
3	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 ever	case
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 need	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	future	He	glasses					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot glass=Theme

Option 4

His eyes will be damaged for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 damaged	nsubj:pass
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 damaged	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 damaged	aux:pass
5	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 good	case
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 damaged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	future · passive		His eyes				for good	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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