--- title: watching my bro at the pool, gonna check my phone for a sec — Younger children, losing and practising · tree and pragmatics description: watching my bro at the pool, gonna check my phone for a sec Test 13 · ★ of lesson 251 «Younger children, losing and practising» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/t13/) [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/) / [Younger children, losing and practising](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Younger children, losing and practising watching my bro at the pool, gonna check my phone for a sec **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** watch, check · **To what, where:** bro, pool, phone This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 251 «Younger children, losing and practising» 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/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t13:1 # text = watching my bro at the pool, gonna check my phone for a sec 1 watching watch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 csubj _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 9 dep _ _ 9 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sec sec NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | gerund | | my bro | | the pool | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bro=Theme | | 2 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | my phone | | | | for a sec | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent phone=Theme for sec=Attribute | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Keep your eyes on him the whole time ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t13:o1:1 # text = Keep your eyes on him the whole time 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | your eyes | | | time | on him *= he* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent eye=Theme on he=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Fine if he's in the shallow end ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t13:o2:1 # text = Fine if he's in the shallow end 1 Fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 shallow shallow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | in the shallow end | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Fine for a few seconds, nothing happens that fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t13:o3:1 # text = Fine for a few seconds, nothing happens that fast 1 Fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 nsubj _ _ 8 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | nothing | | | | | fast *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only if he has his armbands on ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t13:o4:1 # text = Only if he has his armbands on 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 armbands armband NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have on** | present | he | his armbands | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent armband=Patient | **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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