Test 7 · ★ · Eyes and ears

Chloe says, "Stop squinting, you'll wreck your eyes!" What's the truth?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Chloe, you, truth · What happens: say, stop, squint, wreck, be · To what, where: eyes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Chloe says, "Stop squinting, you'll wreck your eyes!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Stop	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Stop	punct
5	Stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
6	squinting	squint	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 Stop	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wreck	punct
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 wreck	nsubj
9	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 wreck	aux
10	wreck	wreck	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 Stop	conj
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 eyes	nmod:poss
12	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wreck	obj
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 Stop	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	Chloe		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stop in a quote	infinitive			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	squint in a quote	gerund			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	wreck in a quote	future	you	your eyes	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

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 the truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the truth						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Squinting only harms you at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Squinting	squint	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 harms	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 harms	advmod
3	harms	harm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 harms	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 school	case
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 harms	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squint	gerund							vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	harm	present		you		school			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Squinting doesn't harm eyes; it's a sign to get them tested

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Squinting	squinting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 harm	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 harm	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 harm	advmod
4	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 harm	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 sign	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sign	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 sign	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sign	det
10	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 harm	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 get	mark
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 sign	acl
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 get	obj
14	tested	test	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not harm	present · do-support	Squinting	eyes	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eye=Experiencer
2	is a	present	Squinting	a sign	tree rules
3	get	to-infinitive	Squinting not said here	eyes = eye	tree rules
4	test	participle	eyes = eye not said here		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Squinting is a cure for short sight if you practise it every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Squinting	squinting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cure	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cure	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cure	det
4	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 sight	case
6	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sight	amod
7	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cure	nmod
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 practise	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 practise	nsubj
10	practise	practise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cure	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 practise	obj
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 practise	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Squinting	a cure				for short sight	tree rules
2	practise a condition, not said to happen	present	you	Squinting			day		tree rules

Option 4

She's right, squinting ruins eyes quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 squinting	punct
5	squinting	squint	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 right	advcl
6	ruins	ruin	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 eyes	compound
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 squinting	obj
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 squinting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					right property	tree rules
2	squint	gerund	She not said here	ruins eyes				quickly property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

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