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title: my cousin says owls can see in total pitch dark like night vision go… — Thinking about noticing · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin says owls can see in total pitch dark like night vision goggles Test 18 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Thinking about noticing» 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 18 · ★★★ · Thinking about noticing

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my cousin says owls can see in total pitch dark like night vision goggles

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, owls · **What happens:** say, see · **To what, where:** total pitch dark · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Thinking about noticing» 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/20-noticing-like-a-cat/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t18:1
# text = my cousin says owls can see in total pitch dark like night vision goggles
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	vision	vision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	goggles	goggle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **see** | can | owls |  |  | total pitch dark |  | like vision goggles | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, owls see in total darkness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t18:o1:1
# text = He is right, owls see in total darkness
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	darkness	darkness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | present | owls |  |  | total darkness |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, and so can cats and dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t18:o2:1
# text = He is right, and so can cats and dogs
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
8	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, but only with one eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t18:o3:1
# text = He is right, but only with one eye
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | with one eye; right *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That is an exaggeration; owls see well in dim light but no eye can see in total darkness

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t18:o4:1
# text = That is an exaggeration; owls see well in dim light but no eye can see in total darkness
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	exaggeration	exaggeration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	dim	dim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	darkness	darkness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | That | a exaggeration |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | present | owls |  |  | dim light but no eye |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **see** | can | a exaggeration |  |  | total darkness |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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