--- title: road looks wet way ahead but it hasnt rained?? — Illusions that fool the eye and advert… · tree and pragmatics description: road looks wet way ahead but it hasnt rained?? Test 11 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet road looks wet way ahead but it hasnt rained?? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** road · **What happens:** look, rain · **To what, where:** wet way, it This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t11:1 # text = road looks wet way ahead but it hasnt rained?? 1 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 hasnt hasnt AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 rained rain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ?? ?? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | road | wet way | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **rain** | past · passive | | it | | | | | tree rules | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The tar melts and turns to water ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t11:o1:1 # text = The tar melts and turns to water 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tar tar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 melts melt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | present | the tar | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **turn** | present | the tar *not said here* | | | water | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to water=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It's a mirage, hot air bending light from the sky ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t11:o2:1 # text = It's a mirage, hot air bending light from the sky 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mirage mirage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 8 bending bend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 9 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a mirage | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bend** | gerund | hot air *not said here* | light | | the sky | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent light=Material | ### Option 3 {#o3} There's a hidden puddle up ahead ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t11:o3:1 # text = There's a hidden puddle up ahead 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 puddle puddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 7 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be up** | present | a hidden puddle | | | there | | ahead *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Cars leave water behind them as they drive along on hot days ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t11:o4:1 # text = Cars leave water behind them as they drive along on hot days 1 Cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 behind behind ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 drive drive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 9 along along ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | present | Cars | water | | | | behind them *= they* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent water=Theme behind they=Location | | 2 | **drive** | present | Cars *= car* | | | | day | along *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | **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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