--- title: My friend says pink eye means she'll go blind. Is she right? — Sore throats, ears and eyes · tree and pragmatics description: My friend says pink eye means she'll go blind. Is she right? Test 2 of lesson 9 «Sore throats, ears and eyes» of the medicine 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/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/t2/) [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/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Sore throats, ears and eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/) / t2 # Test 2 · Sore throats, ears and eyes My friend says pink eye means she'll go blind. Is she right? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, pink eye, eye · **What happens:** say, mean, go, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 of lesson 9 «Sore throats, ears and eyes» of the medicine 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/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* My friend says pink eye means she'll go blind. ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t2:1 # text = My friend says pink eye means she'll go blind. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 pink pink ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 10 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | My friend | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **mean** | present | pink eye | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** | future | eye | | | | | blind *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:* Is she right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t2:2 # text = Is she right? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | friend | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Yes, unless she wears glasses from now on ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t2:o1:1 # text = Yes, unless she wears glasses from now on 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wears wear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 glasses glass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 obl _ _ 9 on on ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | present | she | glasses | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent glass=Theme from now=Source | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, conjunctivitis rarely harms eyesight ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t2:o2:1 # text = No, conjunctivitis rarely harms eyesight 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 conjunctivitis conjunctivitis NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 rarely rarely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 harms harm VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 eyesight eyesight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **harm** | present | conjunctivitis | eyesight | | | | rarely *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eyesight=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, pink eye only affects the ears ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t2:o3:1 # text = No, pink eye only affects the ears 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 pink pink ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 affects affect VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **affect** | present | pink eye | the ears | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ear=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, it always causes blindness ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes:t2:o4:1 # text = Yes, it always causes blindness 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 causes cause VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 blindness blindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | present | it | blindness | | | | always *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition blindness=Patient | **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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