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title: Grandad says carrots are good for your eyes. You'd shouted "rubbish!… — I was wrong: changing your mind · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandad says carrots are good for your eyes. You'd shouted "rubbish!" What's fair now? Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 35 «I was wrong: changing your mind» 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 3 · ★★★ · I was wrong: changing your mind

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Grandad says carrots are good for your eyes. You'd shouted "rubbish!" What's fair now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad, carrots, You · **What happens:** say, be, shout · **To what, where:** rubbish · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 35 «I was wrong: changing your mind» 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/35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad says carrots are good for your eyes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t3:1
# text = Grandad says carrots are good for your eyes.
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | carrots |  |  |  |  | for your eyes; good *property* | tree rules |

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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:* You'd shouted "rubbish!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t3:2
# text = You'd shouted "rubbish!"
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	shouted	shout	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | would | You | rubbish |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rubbish=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What's fair now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t3:3
# text = What's fair now?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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You're still totally wrong, Grandad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t3:o1:1
# text = You're still totally wrong, Grandad
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | You |  |  |  | still | Grandad *vocative*; totally, wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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You were partly right, Grandad: good for eyes, not night vision

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t3:o2:1
# text = You were partly right, Grandad: good for eyes, not night vision
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	vision	vision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | You |  |  |  |  | partly, right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Grandad |  |  |  |  | for eyes | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Only orange carrots are good for eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t3:o3:1
# text = Only orange carrots are good for eyes
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	orange	orange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | orange carrots |  |  |  |  | for eyes; good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Carrots actually damage your eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t3:o4:1
# text = Carrots actually damage your eyes
1	Carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	damage	damage	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **damage** | present | Carrots | your eyes |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument eye=Patient |

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**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.

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