Test 9 · ★ · Eyes and ears

Which of these eye and ear myths is most dangerous to believe?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, believe

This is test 9 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 dangerous	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	10 dangerous	mark
3	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	4 eye	det
4	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dangerous	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 myths	cc
6	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 myths	compound
7	myths	myth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eye	conj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 dangerous	cop
9	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	10 dangerous	advmod
10	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	to	to	PART	_	12 believe	mark
12	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 dangerous	advcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 dangerous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						dangerous property	tree rules
2	believe	to-infinitive							vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Carrots will help you to see in the dark like a cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 help	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 help	aux
3	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 help	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 help	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 dark	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dark	det
9	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obl
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 cat	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cat	det
12	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	future	Carrots	you					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here			the dark		like a cat	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

You'll go square-eyed if you sit too near the telly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	future	You					eyed property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sit a condition, not said to happen	present	you			the telly			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near telly=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Staring at an eclipse is safe because it's dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Staring	stare	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 safe	csubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 eclipse	case
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 eclipse	det
4	eclipse	eclipse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Staring	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 safe	cop
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 dark	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dark	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 dark	cop
10	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 safe	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	stare	gerund		at a eclipse	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at eclipse=Theme
2	is	present	Staring	safe property	tree rules
3	is	present	eclipse	dark property	tree rules

Option 4

Your eyes will stay crossed for good if the wind changes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 crossed	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 crossed	aux
4	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 crossed	aux:pass
5	crossed	cross	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 good	case
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crossed	obl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 changes	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wind	det
10	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 changes	nsubj
11	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 crossed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cross	future · passive		Your eyes				for good	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	change a condition, not said to happen	present	the wind						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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