--- title: Theo: «lights off is way more epic, like a cinema». What does the le… — Eyes, backs and thumbs · tree and pragmatics description: Theo: «lights off is way more epic, like a cinema». What does the lesson say? 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What does the lesson say? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Theo, lesson · **What happens:** light off, be, say · **To what, where:** way · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 of lesson 420 «Eyes, backs and thumbs» 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/420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Theo: «lights off is way more epic, like a cinema». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t4:1 # text = Theo: «lights off is way more epic, like a cinema». 1 Theo Theo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 lights light VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 csubj _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 9 epic epic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cinema cinema NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **light off** *in a quote* | present | Theo | | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | way | | | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* What does the lesson say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t4:2 # text = What does the lesson say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the lesson | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Darkness is best for the eyes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t4:o1:1 # text = Darkness is best for the eyes 1 Darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Darkness | | | | | for the eyes; good *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cinemas prove the dark is healthy ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t4:o2:1 # text = Cinemas prove the dark is healthy 1 Cinemas cinema NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 prove prove VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 healthy healthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | present | Cinemas | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | the dark | | | | | healthy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A lamp on helps stop eye strain ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t4:o3:1 # text = A lamp on helps stop eye strain 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 2 nmod _ _ 4 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 6 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 strain strain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | a lamp | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | infinitive | a lamp *not said here* | eye strain | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality strain=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Lights make games harder to see ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t4:o4:1 # text = Lights make games harder to see 1 Lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Lights | games | | | | hard *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset game=Product | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | games *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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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