--- title: guy behind me at the cash machine is reading over my shoulder — Shops, restaurants and libraries · tree and pragmatics description: guy behind me at the cash machine is reading over my shoulder Test 15 · ★ of lesson 273 «Shops, restaurants and libraries» 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/273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries/t15/) [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/) / [Shops, restaurants and libraries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Shops, restaurants and libraries guy behind me at the cash machine is reading over my shoulder **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** guy · **What happens:** read · **To what, where:** shoulder This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 273 «Shops, restaurants and libraries» 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/273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:t15:1 # text = guy behind me at the cash machine is reading over my shoulder 1 guy guy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 2 behind behind ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 cash cash NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 machine machine NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 over over ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | present · progressive | guy behind me at the cash machine | | | my shoulder | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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} Let him see, a PIN is not secret ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:t15:o1:1 # text = Let him see, a PIN is not secret 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 PIN pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | a PIN | | | | | secret *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Type faster so he cannot see ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:t15:o2:1 # text = Type faster so he cannot see 1 Type type VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 1 advmod _ _ 3 so so SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **type** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **see** | can | he | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Cover the keypad and tell your adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:t15:o3:1 # text = Cover the keypad and tell your adult 1 Cover cover VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 keypad keypad NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | imperative | you *not said here* | the keypad | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme keypad=Destination | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | your adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ask him to hold the card for you while you type it in ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:t15:o4:1 # text = Ask him to hold the card for you while you type it in 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 card card NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 9 while while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 type type VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 11 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **hold** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the card | | | | for you | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme | | 3 | **type in** | present | you | card | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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