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title: "bet blind people have bionic ears, like Daredevil" says Noah after… — Eyes and ears · tree and pragmatics
description: "bet blind people have bionic ears, like Daredevil" says Noah after the film. Which answer is fairest? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 3 «Eyes and ears» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Eyes and ears

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"bet blind people have bionic ears, like Daredevil" says Noah after the film. Which answer is fairest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** blind people, Noah, answer · **What happens:** bet, have, say, be · **To what, where:** bionic ears · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 3 «Eyes and ears» of the myths 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/myths/3-eyes-and-ears/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "bet blind people have bionic ears, like Daredevil" says Noah after the film.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:3-eyes-and-ears:t6:1
# text = "bet blind people have bionic ears, like Daredevil" says Noah after the film.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bet	bet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
3	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	bionic	bionic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Daredevil	Daredevil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bet** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn risk-94 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | blind people | bionic ears |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Noah |  |  |  | after the film |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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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:* Which answer is fairest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:3-eyes-and-ears:t6:2
# text = Which answer is fairest?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fairest	fair	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Totally true: their ears are made of metal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:3-eyes-and-ears:t6:o1:1
# text = Totally true: their ears are made of metal
1	Totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | their ears |  |  |  | of metal | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Totally false: blind people hear worse than others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:3-eyes-and-ears:t6:o2:1
# text = Totally false: blind people hear worse than others
1	Totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hear	hear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Partly true: many train great skill with sound, not stronger ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:3-eyes-and-ears:t6:o3:1
# text = Partly true: many train great skill with sound, not stronger ears
1	Partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
5	train	train	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | present | many | great skill |  |  |  | with sound | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skill=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only blind superheroes hear better, nobody else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:3-eyes-and-ears:t6:o4:1
# text = Only blind superheroes hear better, nobody else
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	superheroes	superhero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hear	hear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	parataxis	_	_
8	else	else	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present | blind superheroes |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |

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