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title: Which is true about attention? — Eyes up: noticing your surroundings · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is true about attention? Test 2 of lesson 11 «Eyes up: noticing your surroundings» of the everyday 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 2 · Eyes up: noticing your surroundings

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Which is true about attention?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 2 of lesson 11 «Eyes up: noticing your surroundings» of the everyday 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/everyday/11-eyes-up/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t2:1
# text = Which is true about attention?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about attention; true *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The brain notices everything that the eyes see around it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t2:o1:1
# text = The brain notices everything that the eyes see around it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	notices	notice	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	around	around	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | present | the brain | everything |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus |
| 2 | **see** | present | the eyes |  |  | brain |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Attention grows stronger the more things you do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t2:o2:1
# text = Attention grows stronger the more things you do
1	Attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Attention | the more things |  |  |  | strong *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thing=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | present | you | the more things *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Looking at a screen makes your hearing sharper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t2:o3:1
# text = Looking at a screen makes your hearing sharper
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	sharper	sharp	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at a screen | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at screen=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present | Looking | your hearing |  |  |  | sharp *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hearing=Product |
| 3 | **hear** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom hearing «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The brain can fully focus on only a few things at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t2:o4:1
# text = The brain can fully focus on only a few things at once
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	focus	focus	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **focus** | can | the brain |  |  |  |  | on a few things; fully *property* | vn focus-87.1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent on thing=Topic |

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