Test 2 · ★ · Light, shadows and colours

Why can't you see round a corner without a mirror?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: not see

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 see	advmod
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 see	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 see	nsubj
5	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	round	round	ADP	_	8 corner	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 corner	det
8	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obl
9	without	without	ADP	_	11 mirror	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 mirror	det
11	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	you					round a corner; without a mirror	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: 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

Your eyes only work straight ahead

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	4 work	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 work	advmod
4	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 ahead	advmod
6	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	4 work	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Your eyes					ahead property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The corner absorbs all the light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 corner	det
2	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 absorbs	nsubj
3	absorbs	absorb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 light	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 light	det
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 absorbs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absorb	present	the corner	all light					vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal light=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Light goes in straight lines and does not bend round it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 lines	case
4	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lines	amod
5	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 goes	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bend	cc
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 bend	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 bend	advmod
9	bend	bend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 goes	conj
10	round	round	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 bend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Light			straight lines			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in line=Location
2	not bend	present · do-support	Light not said here			Light			vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round it=Location

Option 4

Walls are made of dark material

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 material	case
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 material	amod
6	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		Walls				of dark material	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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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