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title: A boy in Ohio says carrots let pilots see in the dark. What is true? — Eyes, nose and using the toilet · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Ohio says carrots let pilots see in the dark. What is true? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Eyes, nose and using the toilet

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A boy in Ohio says carrots let pilots see in the dark. What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, carrots, pilots · **What happens:** say, let, see, be · **To what, where:** pilots, dark · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Ohio says carrots let pilots see in the dark.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t1:1
# text = A boy in Ohio says carrots let pilots see in the dark.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Ohio	Ohio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
8	pilots	pilot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a boy in Ohio |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive | carrots | pilots |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **see** | infinitive | pilots *not said here* |  |  | the dark |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t1:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is true, pilots ate carrots to see at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t1:o1:1
# text = It is true, pilots ate carrots to see at night
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	pilots	pilot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | past | pilots | carrots |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | pilots *not said here* |  |  |  | night |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is true only for children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t1:o2:1
# text = It is true only for children
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for children; true *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is true for all orange vegetables

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t1:o3:1
# text = It is true for all orange vegetables
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	orange	orange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for all orange vegetables; true *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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That story was wartime propaganda, carrots are healthy but give no super sight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t1:o4:1
# text = That story was wartime propaganda, carrots are healthy but give no super sight
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	wartime	wartime	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	propaganda	propaganda	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
13	super	super	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | that story | wartime propaganda |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | carrots |  |  |  |  | healthy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **give** | present | carrots *not said here* | no super sight |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme |

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