Test 6 · ★ · Light, shadows and colours

Why does a cat need at least a little light to see in a dark room?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat · What happens: need, see · To what, where: little light, least, dark room

This is test 6 · ★ 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 need	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 need	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	nsubj
5	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 least	case
7	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 need	obl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 light	det
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 light	amod
10	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 see	mark
12	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 light	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 room	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 room	det
15	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 room	amod
16	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 see	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present · do-support	a cat	a little light		least			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot light=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	a cat not said here	a little light not said here		a dark room			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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Seeing needs light entering the eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seeing	see	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 needs	nsubj
2	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needs	obj
4	entering	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 light	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eyes	det
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 entering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	see	gerund			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	need	present		light	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot light=Theme
3	enter	gerund	light not said here	the eyes	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eye=Destination

Option 2

Darkness hides objects completely from all animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hides	nsubj
2	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hides	obj
4	completely	completely	ADV	_	2 hides	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 animals	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 animals	det
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	Darkness	objects				from all animals; completely property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent object=Patient from animal=Beneficiary

Option 3

Cats see using heat only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 see	nsubj
2	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 see	xcomp
4	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 using	obj
5	only	only	ADV	_	3 using	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	Cats						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	use	gerund	Cats not said here	heat					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Patient

Option 4

Cats make light with their eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 eyes	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 eyes	nmod:poss
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Cats	light				with Cats's eyes	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Product

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