Test 6 · ★ · Eyes and ears
"bet blind people have bionic ears, like Daredevil" says Noah after the film. Which answer is fairest?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: blind people, Noah, answer · What happens: bet, have, say, be · To what, where: bionic ears · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: "bet blind people have bionic ears, like Daredevil" says Noah after the film.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 bet | punct |
| 2 | bet | bet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 says | ccomp |
| 3 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | nsubj |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 bet | ccomp |
| 6 | bionic | bionic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ears | amod |
| 7 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Daredevil | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 Daredevil | case |
| 10 | Daredevil | Daredevil | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 says | nsubj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Daredevil | punct |
| 12 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 says | nsubj |
| 14 | after | after | ADP | _ | 16 film | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 film | det |
| 16 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 says | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bet in a quote | infinitive | vn risk-94 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 2 | have in a quote | present | blind people | bionic ears | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | Noah | after the film | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
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: Which answer is fairest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 answer | det |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fairest | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fairest | cop |
| 4 | fairest | fair | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 fairest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which answer | fair property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Totally true: their ears are made of metal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Totally | totally | ADV | _ | 2 true | advmod |
| 2 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 made | advcl |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 made | punct |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 ears | nmod:poss |
| 5 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 made | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 made | aux:pass |
| 7 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 metal | case |
| 9 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | their ears | of metal | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 2
Totally false: blind people hear worse than others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Totally | totally | ADV | _ | 2 false | advmod |
| 2 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 worse | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 hear | punct |
| 4 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 people | amod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hear | nsubj |
| 6 | hear | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 worse | cop |
| 7 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 others | case |
| 9 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 worse | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | than others; bad property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Partly true: many train great skill with sound, not stronger ears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Partly | partly | ADV | _ | 2 true | advmod |
| 2 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 train | punct |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 train | nsubj |
| 5 | train | train | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 true | parataxis |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 skill | amod |
| 7 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 train | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 sound | case |
| 9 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 train | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 ears | punct |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 ears | advmod |
| 12 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 13 ears | amod |
| 13 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 true | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | train | present | many | great skill | with sound | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skill=Theme |
Option 4
Only blind superheroes hear better, nobody else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 superheroes | advmod |
| 2 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 superheroes | amod |
| 3 | superheroes | superhero | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hear | nsubj |
| 4 | hear | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 hear | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hear | punct |
| 7 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 hear | parataxis |
| 8 | else | else | ADV | _ | 7 nobody | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | present | blind superheroes | good property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
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