--- title: rocking back on my chair, it's fine i'm good at it — Classroom rules and homework · tree and pragmatics description: rocking back on my chair, it's fine i'm good at it Test 14 · ★ of lesson 254 «Classroom rules and homework» 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/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/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/) / [Classroom rules and homework](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Classroom rules and homework rocking back on my chair, it's fine i'm good at it **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** rocking, i · **What happens:** rock back, be · **To what, where:** chair This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 254 «Classroom rules and homework» 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/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t14:1 # text = rocking back on my chair, it's fine i'm good at it 1 rocking rock VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 csubj _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rock back** | gerund | | | | my chair | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on chair=Location | | 2 | **is** | present | rocking | | | chair | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | i | | | | | good *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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Sit with all four legs down, it can slide ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t14:o1:1 # text = Sit with all four legs down, it can slide 1 Sit sit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 4 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 6 down down ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 slide slide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | with all four legs; down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **slide** | can | it | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Fine if the floor is carpet ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t14:o2:1 # text = Fine if the floor is carpet 1 Fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 advcl _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | Fine carpet | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only while the teacher's not looking ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t14:o3:1 # text = Only while the teacher's not looking 1 Only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 while while SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **look** | gerund | the teacher | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Fine as long as you hold on to the desk with one hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:t14:o4:1 # text = Fine as long as you hold on to the desk with one hand 1 Fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 2 as as ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 on on ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 desk desk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold on** | present | you | | | | | to the desk; with one hand | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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