Test 11 · ★★ · Senses of animals: how they see, hear and smell

why's a rabbit got eyes on the sides of its head

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rabbit · What happens: be · To what, where: sides

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Senses of animals: how they see, hear and smell» 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 got	advmod
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 got	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rabbit	det
4	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 got	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 sides	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sides	det
9	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 got	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 head	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 head	nmod:poss
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sides	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a rabbit			the sides of rabbit's head		get property	tree rules

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

So it can see ultraviolet light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 see	advmod
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	ultraviolet	ultraviolet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 light	amod
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	can	it	ultraviolet light					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

So it can see almost all around for danger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 see	advmod
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	almost	almost	ADV	_	6 all	advmod
6	all	all	ADV	_	7 around	advmod
7	around	around	ADV	_	4 see	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 danger	case
9	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	can	it					for danger; around property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

So it can judge distance well for hunting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 judge	advmod
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 judge	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 judge	aux
4	judge	judge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 judge	obj
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 judge	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 hunting	case
8	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 judge	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	judge	can	it	distance				for hunting; well property	vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent distance=Theme for hunting=Attribute

Option 4

So it can see better in total darkness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 see	advmod
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 see	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 darkness	case
7	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 darkness	amod
8	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	can	it			total darkness		well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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