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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lets | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pill | det |
| 6 | pill | pill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lets | nsubj |
| 7 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hero | det |
| 9 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lets | obj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 use | punct |
| 11 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 lets | parataxis |
| 12 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 % | nummod |
| 13 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 11 use | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 brain | case |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 brain | nmod:poss |
| 16 | brain | brain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 % | nmod |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 % | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 move | cc |
| 19 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 use | conj |
| 20 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 move | obj |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 23 mind | case |
| 22 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 mind | nmod:poss |
| 23 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 move | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 lets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present | a pill | the hero | a film | tree rules | |||
| 2 | use in a quote | present | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent %=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | move | infinitive | things | with pill's mind | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | ||||
| 4 | mind | pill | nom 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 idea | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 idea | det |
| 6 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wrong | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | with the idea; wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
We already use virtually all of our brain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 use | nsubj |
| 2 | already | already | ADV | _ | 3 use | advmod |
| 3 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | virtually | virtually | ADV | _ | 5 all | advmod |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 use | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 brain | case |
| 7 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 brain | nmod:poss |
| 8 | brain | brain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 all | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | We | all | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Patient |
Option 2
Nothing, a pill like that could really do it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 pill | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 pill | det |
| 4 | pill | pill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | appos |
| 5 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 9 do | mark |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 do | nsubj |
| 7 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 do | aux |
| 8 | really | really | ADV | _ | 9 do | advmod |
| 9 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Nothing | acl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 do | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | could | pill | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 3
It should say half of your brain, not one hundred percent
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 say | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 say | aux |
| 3 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 3 say | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 brain | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 brain | nmod:poss |
| 7 | brain | brain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 half | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 percent | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 percent | advmod |
| 10 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 hundred | compound |
| 11 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 percent | nummod |
| 12 | percent | percent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 half | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | should | It | half of your brain and hundred percent | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 men | advmod |
| 2 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 men | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 up | punct |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 grown | compound:prt |
| 5 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 able | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 able | cop |
| 7 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 use | mark |
| 9 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 able | xcomp |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 brain | nmod:poss |
| 11 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 brain | amod |
| 12 | brain | brain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow up | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | grown men | able property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | use | to-infinitive | grown men not said here | men's whole brain | vn 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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