Test 7 · ★ · Posture, screens and resting your eyes
Mia has been sitting still at the computer for two hours and her back is stiff. What is wisest?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, back · What happens: sit, be · To what, where: computer
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 8 «Posture, screens and resting your eyes» 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: Mia has been sitting still at the computer for two hours and her back is stiff.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sitting | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sitting | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 sitting | aux |
| 4 | sitting | sit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 sitting | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 computer | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 computer | det |
| 8 | computer | computer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sitting | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 hours | case |
| 10 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 hours | nummod |
| 11 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sitting | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 stiff | cc |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 back | nmod:poss |
| 14 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 stiff | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 stiff | cop |
| 16 | stiff | stiff | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 hours | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sitting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | present · perfect · progressive | Mia | the computer | still; hour | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at computer=Location | |||
| 2 | is | present | Mia's back | stiff property | tree rules |
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 is wisest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wisest | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wisest | cop |
| 3 | wisest | wise | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wisest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Lean further forward towards the screen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lean | lean | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | further | further | ADV | _ | 1 Lean | advmod |
| 3 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 1 Lean | advmod |
| 4 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 6 screen | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 screen | det |
| 6 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lean | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lean | imperative | you not said here | towards the screen; forward, further property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Get up, stretch and move around
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Get | compound:prt |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 stretch | punct |
| 4 | stretch | stretch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 move | cc |
| 6 | move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 7 | around | around | ADV | _ | 6 move | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get up | imperative | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | stretch | infinitive | you not said here | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | move around | infinitive | you not said here | around property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Turn up the brightness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Turn | compound:prt |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 brightness | det |
| 4 | brightness | brightness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Turn | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn up | imperative | you not said here | the brightness | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location brightness=Theme |
Option 4
Sit even more still
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sit | sit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | even | even | ADV | _ | 3 more | advmod |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Sit | advmod |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 1 Sit | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | imperative | you not said here | still | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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