Test 8 · ★ · Eyes and ears

Mum says stop reading with the torch, you'll ruin your eyes. What's a wise reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, you · What happens: say, stop, read, ruin, be · To what, where: eyes, wise reply · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Mum says stop reading with the torch, you'll ruin your eyes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
4	reading	read	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stop	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 torch	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 torch	det
7	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reading	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ruin	punct
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 ruin	nsubj
10	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 ruin	aux
11	ruin	ruin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	conj
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 eyes	nmod:poss
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 ruin	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mum			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stop	present				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	read	gerund			with the torch	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	ruin	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 a wise reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 reply	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reply	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reply	det
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reply	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

"No, reading in the dark makes eyes stronger."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 makes	punct
2	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 makes	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 reading	punct
4	reading	read	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 makes	csubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 dark	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dark	det
7	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reading	obl
8	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 makes	obj
10	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 makes	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 makes	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read in a quote	gerund				the dark			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make in a quote	present	reading	eyes				strong property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset eye=Product

Option 2

"Then I'll read with no torch at all."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 read	punct
2	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 read	advmod
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 read	nsubj
4	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 read	aux
5	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 torch	case
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 torch	det
8	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 read	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 read	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 read	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read in a quote	future	I			all	then	with no torch	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent at all=Value

Option 3

"Eyes can't get tired, Mum, that's a myth."

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct
2	Eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 get	nsubj
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 get	advmod
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 get	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Mum	punct
8	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 myth	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 myth	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 myth	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 myth	det
13	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Mum	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get in a quote	can	Eyes	Mum and a myth				tired property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mum=Stimulus
2	is a in a quote	present	that	a myth					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

"I'll stop because it's bedtime, but it only makes them tired."

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 stop	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 stop	nsubj
3	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stop	aux
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	8 bedtime	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bedtime	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bedtime	cop
8	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stop	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 makes	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 makes	cc
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 makes	nsubj
12	only	only	ADV	_	13 makes	advmod
13	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stop	advcl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 makes	obj
15	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 makes	xcomp
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stop	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stop in a quote	future	I			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	is in a quote	present	it		because bedtime	tree rules
3	make in a quote	present	bedtime	them = they	tired property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material they=Product

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