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title: Your friend says, "Anyone would notice a gorilla walking past." Whic… — Eyes up: noticing your surroundings · tree and pragmatics
description: Your friend says, "Anyone would notice a gorilla walking past." Which is true? Test 6 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 6 · Eyes up: noticing your surroundings

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Your friend says, "Anyone would notice a gorilla walking past." Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, Anyone, gorilla · **What happens:** say, notice, walk, be · **To what, where:** gorilla · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your friend says, "Anyone would notice a gorilla walking past."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t6:1
# text = Your friend says, "Anyone would notice a gorilla walking past."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gorilla	gorilla	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	past	past	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **notice** *in a quote* | would | Anyone | a gorilla |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer gorilla=Stimulus |
| 3 | **walk** *in a quote* | gerund | a gorilla *not said here* |  |  |  |  | past *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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:* Which is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t6:2
# text = Which is true?
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Everyone always notices big surprising things, like a gorilla

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t6:o1:1
# text = Everyone always notices big surprising things, like a gorilla
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	notices	notice	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	surprising	surprising	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gorilla	gorilla	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | present | Everyone | big surprising things |  |  |  | like a gorilla; always *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only people with poor eyesight miss it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t6:o2:1
# text = Only people with poor eyesight miss it
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	eyesight	eyesight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	miss	miss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only very young children ever miss it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t6:o3:1
# text = Only very young children ever miss it
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	miss	miss	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | present | young children | it |  |  | ever |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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

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Many people miss it when their attention is busy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t6:o4:1
# text = Many people miss it when their attention is busy
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	miss	miss	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | present | Many people | it |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | people's attention |  |  |  |  | busy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **attend** |  | people |  |  |  |  |  | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

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