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title: Mum, patting her pockets: "Where are my bloody glasses?" They are on… — Sore backs, glasses and feeling low · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum, patting her pockets: "Where are my bloody glasses?" They are on top of her head. What do you say? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 22 «Sore backs, glasses and feeling low» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 2 · ★ · Sore backs, glasses and feeling low

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Mum, patting her pockets: "Where are my bloody glasses?" They are on top of her head. What do you say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, pockets, you · **What happens:** pat, be, say · **To what, where:** pockets, bloody glasses, top · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 22 «Sore backs, glasses and feeling low» of the adult life 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/adult-life/22-sore-backs-glasses-and-feeling-low/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum, patting her pockets: "Where are my bloody glasses?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:22-sore-backs-glasses-and-feeling-low:t2:1
# text = Mum, patting her pockets: "Where are my bloody glasses?"
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	patting	pat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	pockets	pocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	12	advmod	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	glasses	glass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pat** | gerund | Mum | Mum's pockets |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pocket=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | my bloody glasses |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* They are on top of her head.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:22-sore-backs-glasses-and-feeling-low:t2:2
# text = They are on top of her head.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | pockets *= pocket* |  |  | top |  | of Mum's head | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What do you say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:22-sore-backs-glasses-and-feeling-low:t2:3
# text = What do you say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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"Glasses are only for old people."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:22-sore-backs-glasses-and-feeling-low:t2:o1:1
# text = "Glasses are only for old people."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Glasses	glass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Glasses |  |  |  |  | for old people | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"You must have lost them for ever."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:22-sore-backs-glasses-and-feeling-low:t2:o2:1
# text = "You must have lost them for ever."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** *in a quote* | must · perfect | You | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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"They're on your head, Mum!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:22-sore-backs-glasses-and-feeling-low:t2:o3:1
# text = "They're on your head, Mum!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | They |  |  | your head and Mum |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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"You don't need glasses to see, Mum."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:22-sore-backs-glasses-and-feeling-low:t2:o4:1
# text = "You don't need glasses to see, Mum."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	glasses	glass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** *in a quote* | present · do-support | You | glasses |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | glasses *not said here* | Mum |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mum=Stimulus |

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