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Test 1 · Eyes, backs and thumbs

«my neck's killing me, been on Roblox since lunch, like this» (head bent right down). What helps most?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: neck · What happens: kill, be, bend, help · To what, where: me, Roblox, head

This is test 1 of lesson 420 «Eyes, backs and thumbs» of the everyday 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.

The question

Sentence 1: «my neck's killing me, been on Roblox since lunch, like this» (head bent right down).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 killing	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 neck	nmod:poss
3	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 killing	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 killing	aux
5	killing	kill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 killing	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Roblox	punct
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 Roblox	cop
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 Roblox	case
10	Roblox	Roblox	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 killing	obl
11	since	since	ADP	_	12 lunch	case
12	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 killing	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 this	punct
14	like	like	ADP	_	15 this	case
15	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 killing	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 this	punct
17	(	(	PUNCT	_	18 head	punct
18	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 this	appos
19	bent	bend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 head	acl
20	right	right	ADV	_	21 down	advmod
21	down	down	ADV	_	19 bent	advmod
22	)	)	PUNCT	_	18 head	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 killing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill in a quote	present · progressive	my neck	me			since lunch		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer this=Result
2	is in a quote	participle				Roblox			tree rules
3	bend	participle		head not said here				down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: What helps most?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	2 helps	advmod
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present							vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Hold the tablet on the knees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tablet	det
3	tablet	tablet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 knees	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 knees	det
6	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	the tablet		the knees			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tablet=Theme on knee=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Sit back with the screen nearer eye level

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Sit	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 screen	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 screen	det
5	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sit	obl
6	nearer	near	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 level	amod
7	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 level	compound
8	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit back	imperative	you not said here	nearer eye level				with the screen	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Bend the head even further down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bend	bend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 head	det
3	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bend	obj
4	even	even	ADV	_	5 further	advmod
5	further	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 down	advmod
6	down	down	ADV	_	1 Bend	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	imperative	you not said here	the head				down property	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent head=Material

Option 4

Play lying flat on the floor instead, on his tummy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Play	xcomp
3	flat	flat	ADV	_	2 lying	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 floor	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 floor	det
6	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lying	obl
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Play	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tummy	punct
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 tummy	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 tummy	nmod:poss
11	tummy	tummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	imperative	you not said here			his tummy		instead property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	lie	gerund	you not said here			the floor		flat property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on floor=Location

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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