Test 10 · ★ · Eyes and ears
In a cartoon, a boy wears glasses for a day and his eyes get "lazy" and drop shut. What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, eyes · What happens: wear, get, drop, be · To what, where: glasses, cartoon
This is test 10 · ★ 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: In a cartoon, a boy wears glasses for a day and his eyes get "lazy" and drop shut.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wears | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 boy | det |
| 6 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wears | nsubj |
| 7 | wears | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 wears | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 day | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 day | det |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wears | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 get | cc |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 14 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 get | nsubj |
| 15 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 wears | conj |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 lazy | punct |
| 17 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 get | xcomp |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 lazy | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 drop | cc |
| 20 | drop | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 get | conj |
| 21 | shut | shut | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 drop | xcomp |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 wears | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | present | a boy | glasses | a cartoon | day | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent glass=Source | ||
| 2 | get | present | boy's eyes | lazy property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | drop | present | boy's eyes not said here | shut property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
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?
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 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nothing, glasses do that to everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 glasses | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 do | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 everyone | case |
| 7 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 do | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | Nothing glasses | that | to everyone | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Glasses don't make eyes lazy; they help you see clearly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 make | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 make | advmod |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | obj |
| 6 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 make | xcomp |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 help | punct |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 help | nsubj |
| 9 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 make | parataxis |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 help | obj |
| 11 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 help | xcomp |
| 12 | clearly | clearly | ADV | _ | 11 see | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | present · do-support | Glasses | eyes | lazy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset eye=Product | |||
| 2 | help | present | Glasses = glass | you | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | see | infinitive | you not said here | clearly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Only sunglasses make eyes lazy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 sunglasses | advmod |
| 2 | sunglasses | sunglasses | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | nsubj |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | obj |
| 5 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | sunglasses | eyes | lazy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset eye=Product |
Option 4
It should take a whole week of wearing them, not a single day
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 take | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 take | aux |
| 3 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 week | det |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 week | amod |
| 6 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 take | obj |
| 7 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 8 wearing | mark |
| 8 | wearing | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 week | acl |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 wearing | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 day | punct |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 day | advmod |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 day | det |
| 13 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 day | amod |
| 14 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 take | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | should | It | day; week | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | wear | gerund | a whole week not said here | them = they | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source |
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