--- title: Teacher: «Why do scary images stay with us so long?» — Nightmares after a scary game · tree and pragmatics description: Teacher: «Why do scary images stay with us so long?» Test 11 · ★ of lesson 402 «Nightmares after a scary game» 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/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/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/) / [Nightmares after a scary game](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Nightmares after a scary game Teacher: «Why do scary images stay with us so long?» **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** scary images · **What happens:** stay · **To what, where:** Teacher This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 402 «Nightmares after a scary game» 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/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:t11:1 # text = Teacher: «Why do scary images stay with us so long?» 1 Teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 5 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 scary scary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 images image NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 stay stay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** *in a quote* | present · do-support | scary images | Teacher | | | | with us; long *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with we=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The brain stores danger strongly to protect us ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:t11:o1:1 # text = The brain stores danger strongly to protect us 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stores store VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 strongly strongly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **store** | present | the brain | danger | | | | strongly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent danger=Theme | | 2 | **protect** | to-infinitive | the brain *not said here* | | us | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 {#o2} They don't, that's a myth ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:t11:o2:1 # text = They don't, that's a myth 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 myth myth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | present | They | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | that | a myth | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} They are printed on our dreams ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:t11:o3:1 # text = They are printed on our dreams 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 dreams dream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **print** | present · passive | | They | | our dreams | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on dream=Destination | | 2 | **dream** | | our | | | | | | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Our eyes take photos of them like a camera ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures:t11:o4:1 # text = Our eyes take photos of them like a camera 1 Our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 photos photo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 camera camera NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present | Our eyes | photos of photos | | | | like a camera | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme | **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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Nightmares after a scary game, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/t10/) - next →: [Nightmares after a scary game, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/e1/) - ↑ back to [Nightmares after a scary game](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/)