--- title: Why do drivers almost never get car sick? — Eyes and ears deeper: glasses, colour… · tree and pragmatics description: Why do drivers almost never get car sick? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 362 «Eyes and ears deeper: glasses, colour blindness, tears, earwax and dizziness» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/362-eyes-and-ears-deeper-glasses-colour-blindness-tears-earwax-and-dizziness/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Eyes and ears deeper: glasses, colour…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/362-eyes-and-ears-deeper-glasses-colour-blindness-tears-earwax-and-dizziness/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Eyes and ears deeper: glasses, colour blindness, tears, ea… Why do drivers almost never get car sick? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, not get · **To what, where:** drivers This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 362 «Eyes and ears deeper: glasses, colour blindness, tears, earwax and dizziness» of the biology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/362-eyes-and-ears-deeper-glasses-colour-blindness-tears-earwax-and-dizziness/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:362-eyes-and-ears-deeper-glasses-colour-blindness-tears-earwax-and-dizziness:t8:1 # text = Why do drivers almost never get car sick? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 3 drivers driver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 almost almost ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | drivers | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent driver=Eventuality | | 2 | **not** **get** | present | | | | | | almost, sick *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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Drivers hold their breath while driving ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:362-eyes-and-ears-deeper-glasses-colour-blindness-tears-earwax-and-dizziness:t8:o1:1 # text = Drivers hold their breath while driving 1 Drivers driver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 while while SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 driving drive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present | Drivers | Drivers's breath | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme | | 2 | **drive** | gerund | Drivers *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Drivers have stronger ears than other people because they train them ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:362-eyes-and-ears-deeper-glasses-colour-blindness-tears-earwax-and-dizziness:t8:o2:1 # text = Drivers have stronger ears than other people because they train them 1 Drivers driver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 train train VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Drivers | stronger ears | | | | than other people | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient | | 2 | **train** | present | Drivers *= driver* | ears *= ear* | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The steering wheel stops sickness ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:362-eyes-and-ears-deeper-glasses-colour-blindness-tears-earwax-and-dizziness:t8:o3:1 # text = The steering wheel stops sickness 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 steering steering NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 sickness sickness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | the steering wheel | sickness | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality sickness=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They look ahead at the road, so their eyes and ears agree ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:362-eyes-and-ears-deeper-glasses-colour-blindness-tears-earwax-and-dizziness:t8:o4:1 # text = They look ahead at the road, so their eyes and ears agree 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 13 agree agree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | They | | | | | at the road; ahead *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at road=Theme | | 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | their eyes and ears | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «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. 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