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title: Ada covers her left eye and moves a paper with a dot and a cross. Th… — Senses: eyes and ears · tree and pragmatics
description: Ada covers her left eye and moves a paper with a dot and a cross. The cross vanishes. Why? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 69 «Senses: eyes and ears» 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.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Senses: eyes and ears

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Ada covers her left eye and moves a paper with a dot and a cross. The cross vanishes. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ada, cross · **What happens:** cover, move, vanish · **To what, where:** left eye, paper

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 69 «Senses: eyes and ears» 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/69-senses-eyes-and-ears/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ada covers her left eye and moves a paper with a dot and a cross.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:t4:1
# text = Ada covers her left eye and moves a paper with a dot and a cross.
1	Ada	Ada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	covers	cover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dot	dot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | present | Ada | Ada's left eye |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent eye=Destination |
| 2 | **move** | present | Ada *not said here* | a paper |  |  |  | with a dot and a cross | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent paper=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* The cross vanishes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:t4:2
# text = The cross vanishes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	vanishes	vanish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | present | the cross |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:t4:3
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Its picture has landed on her blind spot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:t4:o1:1
# text = Its picture has landed on her blind spot
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	landed	land	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | present · perfect · passive |  | Its picture |  | her blind spot |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on spot=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The cross was rubbed out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:t4:o2:1
# text = The cross was rubbed out
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub out** | past · passive |  | the cross |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Her eye has suddenly stopped working for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:t4:o3:1
# text = Her eye has suddenly stopped working for good
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present · perfect | Her eye |  |  |  |  | suddenly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **work** | gerund | Her eye *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for good | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for good=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Her brain is tired of crosses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:t4:o4:1
# text = Her brain is tired of crosses
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	crosses	cross	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Her brain |  |  |  |  | of crosses; tired *property* | tree rules |

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**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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