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description: In a cartoon, a cat walks down the middle of the road and its glowing eyes guide cars. What are real cat's eyes? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 31 «Roads and road signs» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 2 · ★ · Roads and road signs

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In a cartoon, a cat walks down the middle of the road and its glowing eyes guide cars. What are real cat's eyes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cat, glowing eyes, eyes · **What happens:** walk down, glow, guide, be · **To what, where:** middle, cartoon, cars

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 31 «Roads and road signs» of the technology 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/technology/31-roads-and-road-signs/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a cat walks down the middle of the road and its glowing eyes guide cars.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon, a cat walks down the middle of the road and its glowing eyes guide cars.
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	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	amod	_	_
17	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
18	guide	guide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
19	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk down** | present | a cat | the middle of the road |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent middle=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory |
| 2 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **guide** | present | cat's glowing eyes | cars |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme |

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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 are real cat's eyes?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t2:2
# text = What are real cat's eyes?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Real animals trained by the council

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t2:o1:1
# text = Real animals trained by the council
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | participle |  | Real animals *not said here* |  |  |  | by the council | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Lamps powered by wires under the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t2:o2:1
# text = Lamps powered by wires under the road
1	Lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	powered	power	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wires	wire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **power** | participle |  | Lamps *not said here* |  | the road |  | by wires | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Painted dots that glow on their own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t2:o3:1
# text = Painted dots that glow on their own
1	Painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	dots	dot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	glow	glow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **glow** | present | Painted dots |  |  | dots's own |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=Location |

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

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Small reflectors set into the road that shine back in headlights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t2:o4:1
# text = Small reflectors set into the road that shine back in headlights
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	reflectors	reflector	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	shine	shine	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	headlights	headlight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | participle |  | Small reflectors *not said here* |  | the road |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **shine back** | present | Small reflectors |  |  | headlights |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in headlight=Location |

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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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