Test 1 · Light and shadows

my sis thinks your eyes shoot out beams that hit stuff so u can see. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sis, eyes, beams, u · What happens: think, shoot out, hit, see · To what, where: beams, stuff, right · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 20 «Light and shadows» of the physics 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sis	nmod:poss
2	sis	sis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thinks	nsubj
3	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 eyes	nmod:poss
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shoot	nsubj
6	shoot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 thinks	ccomp
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 shoot	compound:prt
8	beams	beam	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shoot	obj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 hit	nsubj
10	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 beams	acl:relcl
11	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hit	obj
12	so	so	SCONJ	_	15 see	mark
13	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 see	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 see	aux
15	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 hit	advcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 right	punct
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 see	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	my sis		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	shoot out	present	your eyes	beams	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beam=Theme
3	hit	past	beams	stuff	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stuff=Co-Theme
4	see	can	u	right	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer right=Stimulus

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 · ✓ the right answer

No, light from things comes into your eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 light	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 comes	nsubj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 things	case
5	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 light	nmod
6	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 eyes	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 eyes	nmod:poss
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 comes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	light from things			your eyes			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into eye=Initial_Location

Option 2

No, your ears help you see

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 help	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 ears	nmod:poss
4	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 help	nsubj
5	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 help	obj
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 help	xcomp

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

Option 3

Yes, but only in the dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 dark	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 dark	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 dark	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 dark	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dark	det
7	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Yes, that is exactly how seeing works for everybody

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 seeing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 seeing	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 seeing	aux
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	7 seeing	advmod
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 seeing	advmod
7	seeing	see	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 works	nsubj
8	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 everybody	case
10	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 works	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present · progressive	that					exactly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	work	present						for everybody	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for everybody=Beneficiary

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