Test 14 · ★★★ · Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics

a video said you get dizzy after spinning cos your brain gets tired. right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: video, you, brain · What happens: say, get, spin · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics» of the world 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 video	det
2	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 get	nsubj
5	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
6	dizzy	dizzy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 get	xcomp
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 spinning	mark
8	spinning	spin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 get	advcl
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	12 gets	mark
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 brain	nmod:poss
11	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gets	nsubj
12	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 spinning	advcl
13	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 gets	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
15	right	right	INTJ	_	3 said	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	a video		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	present	you	dizzy property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	spin	gerund	you not said here		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	get	present	your brain	tired property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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

Yes, spinning tires the brain out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 spinning	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	spinning	spin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 tires	advcl
4	tires	tire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brain	det
6	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tires	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	4 tires	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	gerund							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	tire out	present		the brain					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus brain=Experiencer

Option 2

Yes, blood leaves the brain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 leaves	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leaves	nsubj
4	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brain	det
6	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leaves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present	blood	the brain					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, fluid in the inner ear keeps moving and confuses the brain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 fluid	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	fluid	fluid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keeps	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 ear	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ear	det
6	inner	inner	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ear	amod
7	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fluid	nmod
8	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 keeps	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 confuses	cc
11	confuses	confuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 keeps	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 brain	det
13	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 confuses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	present	fluid in the inner ear		tree rules
2	move	gerund	fluid in the inner ear not said here		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	confuse	present	fluid in the inner ear not said here	the brain	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Patient

Option 4

No, the eyes stop working for a while

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 stop	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stop	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 eyes	det
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stop	nsubj
5	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 stop	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 while	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 while	det
9	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 working	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	the eyes						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	work	gerund	the eyes not said here				while		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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