Test 7 · The optician and glasses
Could a cataract spread from one eye to the other like a cold?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗
This is test 7 of lesson 27 «The optician and glasses» of the medicine 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 | Could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 spread | aux |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 spread | det |
| 3 | cataract | cataract | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spread | compound |
| 4 | spread | spread | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 eye | case |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 eye | nummod |
| 7 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spread | nmod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 other | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 other | det |
| 10 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 spread | parataxis |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 cold | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 cold | det |
| 13 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 other | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 spread | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, by crying with both eyes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 crying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 crying | punct |
| 3 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 4 crying | mark |
| 4 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 eyes | case |
| 6 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 eyes | det |
| 7 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 crying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | gerund | with both eyes | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with eye=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, cataracts don't spread
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 spread | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | cataracts | cataract | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 spread | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 spread | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 spread | advmod |
| 6 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not spread | present · do-support | cataracts | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, by touching the other eye
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 touching | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 touching | punct |
| 3 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 4 touching | mark |
| 4 | touching | touch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 eye | det |
| 6 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 eye | amod |
| 7 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 touching | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | touch | gerund | the other eye | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eye=Co-Theme |
Option 4
Only in old people, who catch it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 people | advmod |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 people | case |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 catch | punct |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 catch | nsubj |
| 7 | catch | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 people | acl:relcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 catch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | present | old people | it | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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