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Test 3 · ★ · Your amazing brain and senses

In a film, a pill lets the hero "use 100% of her brain" and move things with her mind. What's wrong with the idea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pill · What happens: let, use, move, mind, be · To what, where: hero, film, things · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 2 «Your amazing brain and senses» of the myths 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 film, a pill lets the hero "use 100% of her brain" and move things with her mind.

casedetoblpunctdetnsubjdetobjpunctparataxisnummodobjcasenmod:possnmodpunctccconjobjcasenmod:possoblpunctrootInADPaDETfilmNOUN,PUNCTaDETpillNOUNletsVERBtheDETheroNOUN"PUNCTuseVERB100NUM%SYMofADPherPRONbrainNOUN"PUNCTandCCONJmoveVERBthingsNOUNwithADPherPRONmindNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 filmcase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 filmdet
3filmfilmNOUNNumber=Sing7 letsobl
4,,PUNCT_3 filmpunct
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 pilldet
6pillpillNOUNNumber=Sing7 letsnsubj
7letsletVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 herodet
9heroheroNOUNNumber=Sing7 letsobj
10""PUNCT_11 usepunct
11useuseVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 letsparataxis
12100100NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card13 %nummod
13%%SYMNumber=Sing11 useobj
14ofofADP_16 braincase
15herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 brainnmod:poss
16brainbrainNOUNNumber=Sing13 %nmod
17""PUNCT_13 %punct
18andandCCONJ_19 movecc
19movemoveVERBVerbForm=Inf11 useconj
20thingsthingNOUNNumber=Plur19 moveobj
21withwithADP_23 mindcase
22herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 mindnmod:poss
23mindmindNOUNNumber=Sing19 moveobl
24..PUNCT_7 letspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1letpresenta pillthe heroa filmtree rules
2use in a quotepresentvn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent %=Patient
3moveinfinitivethingswith pill's mindvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
4mindpillnom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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's wrong with the idea?

nsubjcopcasedetoblpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXwrongADJwithADPtheDETideaNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 wrongnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 wrongcop
3wrongwrongADJDegree=Posrootroot
4withwithADP_6 ideacase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 ideadet
6ideaideaNOUNNumber=Sing3 wrongobl
7??PUNCT_3 wrongpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentwith the idea; wrong propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

We already use virtually all of our brain

nsubjadvmodadvmodobjcasenmod:possnmodrootWePRONalreadyADVuseVERBvirtuallyADVallDETofADPourPRONbrainNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs3 usensubj
2alreadyalreadyADV_3 useadvmod
3useuseVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4virtuallyvirtuallyADV_5 alladvmod
5allallDETPronType=Tot3 useobj
6ofofADP_8 braincase
7ourourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 brainnmod:poss
8brainbrainNOUNNumber=Sing5 allnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1usepresentWeallvn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Patient

Option 2

Nothing, a pill like that could really do it

punctdetapposmarknsubjauxadvmodaclobjrootNothingPRON,PUNCTaDETpillNOUNlikeSCONJthatPRONcouldAUXreallyADVdoVERBitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Negrootroot
2,,PUNCT_4 pillpunct
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 pilldet
4pillpillNOUNNumber=Sing1 Nothingappos
5likelikeSCONJ_9 domark
6thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem9 donsubj
7couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin9 doaux
8reallyreallyADV_9 doadvmod
9dodoVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Nothingacl
10ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 doobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1docouldpillvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3

It should say half of your brain, not one hundred percent

nsubjauxobjcasenmod:possnmodpunctadvmodcompoundnummodconjrootItPRONshouldAUXsayVERBhalfNOUNofADPyourPRONbrainNOUN,PUNCTnotPARToneNUMhundredNUMpercentNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 saynsubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 sayaux
3saysayVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4halfhalfNOUNNumber=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac3 sayobj
5ofofADP_7 braincase
6youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 brainnmod:poss
7brainbrainNOUNNumber=Sing4 halfnmod
8,,PUNCT_12 percentpunct
9notnotPARTPolarity=Neg12 percentadvmod
10oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card11 hundredcompound
11hundredhundredNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card12 percentnummod
12percentpercentNOUNNumber=Sing4 halfconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertshouldIthalf of your brain and hundred percentvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent half=Topic

Option 4

Only grown-up men are able to use their whole brain

advmodamodpunctcompound:prtnsubjcopmarkxcompnmod:possamodobjrootOnlyADVgrownVERB-PUNCTupADPmenNOUNareAUXableADJtoPARTuseVERBtheirPRONwholeADJbrainNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_5 menadvmod
2growngrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 menamod
3--PUNCT_4 uppunct
4upupADP_2 growncompound:prt
5menmanNOUNNumber=Plur7 ablensubj
6arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 ablecop
7ableableADJDegree=Posrootroot
8totoPART_9 usemark
9useuseVERBVerbForm=Inf7 ablexcomp
10theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 brainnmod:poss
11wholewholeADJDegree=Pos12 brainamod
12brainbrainNOUNNumber=Sing9 useobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1grow upparticiplevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2ispresentgrown menable propertytree rules
3useto-infinitivegrown men not said heremen's whole brainvn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=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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