Test 3 · Telescopes and light
hey can i look at the sun with my dad's binoculars quick?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: look
This is test 3 of lesson 27 «Telescopes and light» of the space 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 | hey | hey | INTJ | _ | 4 look | discourse |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 look | aux |
| 3 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 look | nsubj |
| 4 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 sun | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sun | det |
| 7 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 look | obl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 binoculars | case |
| 9 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 dad | nmod:poss |
| 10 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 binoculars | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 dad | case |
| 12 | binoculars | binocular | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 quick | obl |
| 13 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 look | parataxis |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 look | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | can | i | at the sun | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sun=Theme |
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, never: it can blind you instantly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 blind | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 blind | advmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 blind | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 blind | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 blind | aux |
| 7 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 blind | nsubj |
| 9 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 7 blind | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Yes, if it is only for a second or two
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 second | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 second | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 second | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 second | cop |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 second | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 second | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 second | det |
| 9 | second | second | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 two | cc |
| 11 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 second | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | for a second | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, at sunset it is always safe to look
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 safe | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 safe | punct |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 sunset | case |
| 4 | sunset | sunset | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 safe | obl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 safe | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 safe | cop |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 safe | advmod |
| 8 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 look | mark |
| 10 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 safe | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | sunset | always, safe property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | look | to-infinitive | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
Yes, as long as you wear dark sunglasses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 long | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 long | advmod |
| 4 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 wear | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 wear | nsubj |
| 7 | wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 long | advcl |
| 8 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 sunglasses | amod |
| 9 | sunglasses | sunglasses | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 wear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | present | you | dark sunglasses | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sunglasses=Source |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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