--- title: A sailor in a submarine wants to see ships on the surface. Which too… — Mirrors, shadows and colours · tree and pragmatics description: A sailor in a submarine wants to see ships on the surface. Which tool helps? Test 8 of lesson 84 «Mirrors, 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/84-mirrors-shadows-colours/t8/) [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/) / [Mirrors, shadows and colours](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/84-mirrors-shadows-colours/) / t8 # Test 8 · Mirrors, shadows and colours A sailor in a submarine wants to see ships on the surface. Which tool helps? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sailor, tool · **What happens:** want, see, help · **To what, where:** ships, surface This is test 8 of lesson 84 «Mirrors, 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/84-mirrors-shadows-colours/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A sailor in a submarine wants to see ships on the surface. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t8:1 # text = A sailor in a submarine wants to see ships on the surface. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sailor sailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 submarine submarine NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | a sailor in a submarine | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a sailor in a submarine *not said here* | ships | | the surface | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ship=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which tool helps? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t8:2 # text = Which tool helps? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 tool tool NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | which tool | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A periscope ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t8:o1:1 # text = A periscope 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 periscope periscope NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A magnifying glass ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t8:o2:1 # text = A magnifying glass 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 magnifying magnify VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **magnify** | gerund | | | | | | | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} A prism ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t8:o3:1 # text = A prism 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prism prism NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A sundial ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t8:o4:1 # text = A sundial 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sundial sundial NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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