Test 4 · ★ · Eyes and ears

Dad says you'll go square-eyed sitting near the telly. Where might the old warning come from?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, you, old warning · What happens: say, go, sit, come · To what, where: telly · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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: Dad says you'll go square-eyed sitting near the telly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 go	nsubj
4	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 go	aux
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
6	square	square	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 eyed	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 square	punct
8	eyed	eyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 go	xcomp
9	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 go	xcomp
10	near	near	ADP	_	12 telly	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 telly	det
12	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sitting	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Dad			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	future	you		eyed property	vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	sit	gerund	you not said here	the telly		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near telly=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: Where might the old warning come from?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 come	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 warning	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 warning	amod
5	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 come	nsubj
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	6 come	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	might	the old warning						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

Square eyes are common in people who watch cartoons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Square	square	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 eyes	amod
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 common	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 common	cop
4	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 common	obl
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 watch	nsubj
8	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 people	acl:relcl
9	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 watch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Square eyes					in people; common property	tree rules
2	watch	present	people	cartoons					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cartoon=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Scientists found children with square eyes in a famous study in 1990

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 found	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 eyes	case
5	square	square	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 eyes	amod
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 found	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 study	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 study	det
9	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 study	amod
10	study	study	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 1990	case
12	1990	1990	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	Scientists	children		a famous study		with square eyes; in 1990	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Very old TVs gave off a little radiation, and the warning stayed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 old	advmod
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 TVs	amod
3	TVs	tv	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 gave	compound:prt
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 radiation	det
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 radiation	amod
8	radiation	radiation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stayed	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 stayed	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 warning	det
12	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stayed	nsubj
13	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gave	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give off	past	old TVs	a little radiation					vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source radiation=Theme
2	stay	past	the warning						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Modern TVs pull eyes into a square shape

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 TVs	amod
2	TVs	tv	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pull	nsubj
3	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pull	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 shape	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 shape	det
7	square	square	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shape	amod
8	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pull	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	present	Modern TVs	eyes		a square shape			vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme

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