--- title: Why did Josh's marks drop? — Routines, screen time and earning money · tree and pragmatics description: Why did Josh's marks drop? Test 16 · ★ of lesson 264 «Routines, screen time and earning money» 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/264-routines-screens-and-earning/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/) / [Routines, screen time and earning money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/264-routines-screens-and-earning/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Routines, screen time and earning money Why did Josh's marks drop? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** marks, Josh · **What happens:** do, drop, mark This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 264 «Routines, screen time and earning money» 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/264-routines-screens-and-earning/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t16:1 # text = Why did Josh's marks drop? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 3 Josh Josh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 drop drop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **drop** | present | Josh's marks | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **mark** | | Josh | | | | | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He was too clever ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t16:o1:1 # text = He was too clever 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} His teacher changed ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t16:o2:1 # text = His teacher changed 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | past | His teacher | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He was too tired from late screen time ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t16:o3:1 # text = He was too tired from late screen time 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 screen screen NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | time | tired *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The work got easier ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t16:o4:1 # text = The work got easier 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the work | | | | | easy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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