--- title: Zoe says she can text and look at the road same time. true? — Eyes up: noticing your surroundings · tree and pragmatics description: Zoe says she can text and look at the road same time. true? Test 16 of lesson 11 «Eyes up: noticing your surroundings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/11-eyes-up/t16/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Eyes up: noticing your surroundings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/11-eyes-up/) / t16 # Test 16 · Eyes up: noticing your surroundings Zoe says she can text and look at the road same time. true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Zoe · **What happens:** say, text, look · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 16 of lesson 11 «Eyes up: noticing your surroundings» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/11-eyes-up/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t16:1 # text = Zoe says she can text and look at the road same time. true? 1 Zoe Zoe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 text text VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 11 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 14 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Zoe | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **text** | can | Zoe | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | infinitive | Zoe *not said here* | | | | time | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, if the text is short ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t16:o1:1 # text = Yes, if the text is short 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the text | | | | | short *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, girls can do two things at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t16:o2:1 # text = Yes, girls can do two things at once 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | can | girls | two things | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, your attention can only be in one place ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t16:o3:1 # text = No, your attention can only be in one place 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | can | your attention | | | one place | | | tree rules | | 2 | **attend** | | your | | | | | | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, if she uses one hand and holds the phone up high ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t16:o4:1 # text = Yes, if she uses one hand and holds the phone up high 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 13 high high ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | she | one hand | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 2 | **hold up** | present | she *not said here* | the phone | | | | high *property* | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot phone=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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