Test 10 · ★★ · Screens, eyes and sleep
In a movie, a kid who reads by torchlight under the covers goes blind. Real life?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid · What happens: read, go · To what, where: covers, movie
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 35 «Screens, eyes and sleep» 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
Sentence 1: In a movie, a kid who reads by torchlight under the covers goes blind.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 movie | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 movie | det |
| 3 | movie | movie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 goes | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 movie | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kid | det |
| 6 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 goes | nsubj |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 reads | nsubj |
| 8 | reads | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 kid | acl:relcl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 torchlight | case |
| 10 | torchlight | torchlight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 reads | obl |
| 11 | under | under | ADP | _ | 13 covers | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 covers | det |
| 13 | covers | cover | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 reads | obl |
| 14 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 goes | xcomp |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | present | a kid | the covers | by torchlight | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | go | present | a kid | a movie | blind property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in movie=Location |
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: Real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 life | amod |
| 2 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 life | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Dim light may tire eyes but doesn't ruin them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dim | dim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 light | amod |
| 2 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tire | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 tire | aux |
| 4 | tire | tire | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 tire | obj |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 ruin | cc |
| 7 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 ruin | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 ruin | advmod |
| 9 | ruin | ruin | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 tire | conj |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 ruin | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tire | may | Dim light | eyes | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eye=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | not ruin | present · do-support | Dim light not said here | eyes = eye | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Option 2
Torches are banned in bedrooms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torches | torch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 banned | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 banned | aux:pass |
| 3 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 bedrooms | case |
| 5 | bedrooms | bedroom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 banned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ban | present · passive | Torches | bedrooms | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
It's good for eyes, it trains them in the dark
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 good | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 good | cop |
| 3 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 eyes | case |
| 5 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 good | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 trains | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 trains | nsubj |
| 8 | trains | train | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 good | conj |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 trains | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 dark | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 dark | det |
| 12 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 trains | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | for eyes; good property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | train | present | it | eyes = eye | the dark | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 4
It does cause blindness after a while
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 | 2 does | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | cause | cause | SCONJ | _ | 4 blindness | case |
| 4 | blindness | blindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obl |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 while | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 while | det |
| 7 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | It | while | cause blindness | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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