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title: In a cartoon a kid zaps ants with a magnifying glass for fun. What i… — Lenses and eyes · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a kid zaps ants with a magnifying glass for fun. What is the real rule? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 22 «Lenses and eyes» of the physics 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 3 · ★★ · Lenses and eyes

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In a cartoon a kid zaps ants with a magnifying glass for fun. What is the real rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid, real rule · **What happens:** zap, magnify, be · **To what, where:** ants, cartoon

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 22 «Lenses and eyes» of the physics 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/physics/22-lenses-and-eyes/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a kid zaps ants with a magnifying glass for fun.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:22-lenses-and-eyes:t3:1
# text = In a cartoon a kid zaps ants with a magnifying glass for fun.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	zaps	zap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	magnifying	magnify	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **zap** | present | a kid | ants |  | a cartoon |  | with a magnifying glass for fun | tree rules |
| 2 | **magnify** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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 the real rule?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:22-lenses-and-eyes:t3:2
# text = What is the real rule?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the real rule |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It only works on cloudy days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:22-lenses-and-eyes:t3:o1:1
# text = It only works on cloudy days
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	cloudy	cloudy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | It |  |  |  | day |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It cools the ants down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:22-lenses-and-eyes:t3:o2:1
# text = It cools the ants down
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cools	cool	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool down** | present | It | the ants |  |  |  | down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ant=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That is a harmless game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:22-lenses-and-eyes:t3:o3:1
# text = That is a harmless game
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | That | a harmless game |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Never point it at the Sun or anything living, it burns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:22-lenses-and-eyes:t3:o4:1
# text = Never point it at the Sun or anything living, it burns
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	point	point	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	conj	_	_
9	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **point** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the Sun |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **live** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **burn** | present | Sun |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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