--- title: straw looks snapped in my glass of water, why — Illusions that fool the eye and advert… · tree and pragmatics description: straw looks snapped in my glass of water, why Test 10 · ★ of lesson 280 «Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/t10/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Illusions that fool the eye and advert…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet straw looks snapped in my glass of water, why **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** straw · **What happens:** look, snap · **To what, where:** glass This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 280 «Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet» 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/280-illusions-and-adverts/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t10:1 # text = straw looks snapped in my glass of water, why 1 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 snapped snap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | straw | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **snap** | participle | straw *not said here* | | | my glass of water | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in glass=Location | 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} The water really bends the straw ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t10:o1:1 # text = The water really bends the straw 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 bends bend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bend** | present | the water | the straw | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent straw=Material | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Light bends going from water to air, it's refraction ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t10:o2:1 # text = Light bends going from water to air, it's refraction 1 Light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bends bend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 refraction refraction NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bend** | present | Light | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | gerund | Light *not said here* | | | water | | to air | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from water=Initial\_Location to air=Destination | | 3 | **is a** | present | Light | refraction | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The straw goes soft in the cold water and bends over ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t10:o3:1 # text = The straw goes soft in the cold water and bends over 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 bends bend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 over over ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | the straw | | | | | soft *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bend over** | present | the straw *not said here* | | | | | over *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The glass is thicker at the bottom ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t10:o4:1 # text = The glass is thicker at the bottom 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 thicker thick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the glass | | | the bottom | | thick *property* | tree rules | **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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