--- title: Sara reckons we see stuff cos light shoots out of our eyes. right? — Light, shadows and colours · tree and pragmatics description: Sara reckons we see stuff cos light shoots out of our eyes. right? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 53 «Light, shadows and colours» of the world 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/world/53-light/t12/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Light, shadows and colours](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/53-light/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Light, shadows and colours Sara reckons we see stuff cos light shoots out of our eyes. right? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sara, we, light · **What happens:** reckon, see, shoot · **To what, where:** stuff, eyes This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 53 «Light, shadows and colours» of the world 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/world/53-light/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:53-light:t12:1 # text = Sara reckons we see stuff cos light shoots out of our eyes. right? 1 Sara Sara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 shoots shoot VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 out out ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 14 right right ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | Sara | | | | | right *property* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **see** | present | we | stuff | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stuff=Stimulus | | 3 | **shoot** | present | light | | | our eyes | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent out eye=Destination | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Yes, that is why it is dark at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:53-light:t12:o1:1 # text = Yes, that is why it is dark at night 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | night | dark *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, we see when light from things enters our eyes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:53-light:t12:o2:1 # text = No, we see when light from things enters our eyes 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 6 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 9 enters enter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | we | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **enter** | present | light from things | our eyes | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eye=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, we see with sound bouncing back ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:53-light:t12:o3:1 # text = No, we see with sound bouncing back 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 bouncing bounce VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 acl _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | we | | | | | with sound | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **bounce back** | gerund | sound *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, eyes send out beams ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:53-light:t12:o4:1 # text = Yes, eyes send out beams 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 send send VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 beams beam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send out** | present | eyes | beams | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beam=Theme | **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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