Test 1 · ★ · Eyes and ears
"eclipse is today, it's dark so just look at it, innit" says Ava. What do you say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eclipse, Ava, you · What happens: be, look, say · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 3 «Eyes and ears» 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: "eclipse is today, it's dark so just look at it, innit" says Ava.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 is | punct |
| 2 | eclipse | eclipse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 is | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 dark | cop |
| 4 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 is | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 is | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 dark | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 dark | cop |
| 8 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 says | ccomp |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 look | advmod |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 look | advmod |
| 11 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 dark | advcl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 it | case |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 look | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 innit | punct |
| 15 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 look | conj |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 dark | punct |
| 17 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 says | nsubj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | eclipse | dark property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | look in a quote | infinitive | eclipse not said here | at eclipse | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | Ava | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 do you say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 say | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Look at it through a glass of water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 it | case |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Look | obl |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 6 glass | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 glass | det |
| 6 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Look | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 water | case |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 glass | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | through a glass of water; at it | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme |
Option 2
Fine, but only look for ten seconds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 look | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 look | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 look | advmod |
| 5 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Fine | parataxis |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 seconds | case |
| 7 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 seconds | nummod |
| 8 | seconds | second | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | infinitive | second | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
Wear two pairs of sunglasses and look
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 pairs | nummod |
| 3 | pairs | pair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Wear | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 sunglasses | case |
| 5 | sunglasses | sunglasses | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pairs | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 look | cc |
| 7 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wear | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | imperative | you not said here | two pairs of sunglasses | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pair=Source | ||||
| 2 | look | infinitive | you not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Please don't, it can burn your eyes; let's make a pinhole viewer
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Please | please | INTJ | _ | 2 do | discourse |
| 2 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 burn | advcl |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 do | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 burn | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 burn | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 burn | aux |
| 7 | burn | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 9 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 burn | obj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 let | punct |
| 11 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 burn | conj |
| 12 | 's | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 let | obj |
| 13 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 let | xcomp |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 viewer | det |
| 15 | pinhole | pinhole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 viewer | compound |
| 16 | viewer | viewer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not do | infinitive | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | burn | can | it | your eyes | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | ||||
| 3 | let | infinitive | 's | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | make | infinitive | 's not said here | a pinhole viewer | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset viewer=Product |
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