--- title: saw water on the road on a hot day but it vanished when we got close — Illusions that fool the eye and advert… · tree and pragmatics description: saw water on the road on a hot day but it vanished when we got close Test 15 · ★ 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 --- [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/t15/) [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/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet saw water on the road on a hot day but it vanished when we got close **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** water, we · **What happens:** see, vanish, get · **To what, where:** water, road This is test 15 · ★ 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t15:1 # text = saw water on the road on a hot day but it vanished when we got close 1 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 16 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | | water | | the road | day | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus | | 2 | **vanish** | past | water | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **get** | past | we | | | | | close *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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} A trick of the car's windscreen ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t15:o1:1 # text = A trick of the car's windscreen 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 windscreen windscreen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trick** | | | the car's windscreen | | | | | nom trick «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A mirage, hot air bending light from the sky ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t15:o2:1 # text = A mirage, hot air bending light from the sky 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mirage mirage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 bending bend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **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} Real water that dried up ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t15:o3:1 # text = Real water that dried up 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 dried dry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dry up** | past | Real water | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} A puddle that the car in front splashed away as it drove ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:280-illusions-and-adverts:t15:o4:1 # text = A puddle that the car in front splashed away as it drove 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 puddle puddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 splashed splash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 12 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **splash away** | participle · passive | a puddle *not said here* | the car in front | | | | as puddle; away *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **drive** | past | a puddle | | | | | | 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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