--- title: Tom squints at the board and his marks are falling. What should happ… — Growing, seeing and hearing · tree and pragmatics description: Tom squints at the board and his marks are falling. What should happen? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 211 «Growing, seeing and hearing» 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/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t14/) [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/) / [Growing, seeing and hearing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Growing, seeing and hearing Tom squints at the board and his marks are falling. What should happen? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tom, marks · **What happens:** squint, fall, mark, happen This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 211 «Growing, seeing and hearing» 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/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/#t14). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Tom squints at the board and his marks are falling. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:t14:1 # text = Tom squints at the board and his marks are falling. 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 squints squint VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squint** | present | Tom | | | | | at the board | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at board=Theme | | 2 | **fall** | present · progressive | Tom's marks | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **mark** | | Tom | | | | | | nom mark «cognition transitive»: poss=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 should happen? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:t14:2 # text = What should happen? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | should | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He ignores it, eyes fix themselves ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:t14:o1:1 # text = He ignores it, eyes fix themselves 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ignores ignore VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 fix fix VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 7 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | present | He | it | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **fix** | present | eyes | eyes *= eye* | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He tells an adult and gets his eyes checked ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:t14:o2:1 # text = He tells an adult and gets his eyes checked 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 checked check VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | He | | a adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **get** | present | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **check** | past | adult's eyes | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He moves to sit further back, away from the glare ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:t14:o3:1 # text = He moves to sit further back, away from the glare 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 moves move VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 further further ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 glare glare NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | present | He | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sit** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} He copies from his neighbour ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:t14:o4:1 # text = He copies from his neighbour 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 copies copy VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | present | He | | | his neighbour | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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