Test 12 · ★ · Light, shadows and colours

Sara reckons we see stuff cos light shoots out of our eyes. right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sara, we, light · What happens: reckon, see, shoot · To what, where: stuff, eyes

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 53 «Light, shadows and colours» 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	Sara	Sara	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
4	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reckons	ccomp
5	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj
6	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	8 shoots	mark
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shoots	nsubj
8	shoots	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 see	advcl
9	out	out	ADP	_	12 eyes	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 eyes	case
11	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 eyes	nmod:poss
12	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 shoots	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct
14	right	right	ADV	_	2 reckons	advmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	Sara			right property	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	see	present	we	stuff			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stuff=Stimulus
3	shoot	present	light		our eyes		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent out eye=Destination

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, that is why it is dark at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 dark	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 why	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 why	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 why	cop
5	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 dark	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 dark	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dark	cop
8	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 night	case
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dark	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					why property	tree rules
2	is	present	it				night	dark property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, we see when light from things enters our eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 see	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 see	punct
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
4	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 enters	advmod
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 enters	nsubj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 things	case
8	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 light	nmod
9	enters	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 see	advcl
10	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 eyes	nmod:poss
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 enters	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	we						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	enter	present	light from things	our eyes					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eye=Destination

Option 3

No, we see with sound bouncing back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 see	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 see	punct
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
4	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 sound	case
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obl
7	bouncing	bounce	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 sound	acl
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 bouncing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	we					with sound	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	bounce back	gerund	sound not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, eyes send out beams

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 send	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 send	nsubj
4	send	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 send	compound:prt
6	beams	beam	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 send	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send out	present	eyes	beams					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beam=Theme

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