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title: A boy keeps getting headaches in class and sits at the front to read… — Water, small injuries, hay fever, grow… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy keeps getting headaches in class and sits at the front to read the board. What might help? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 290 «Water, small injuries, hay fever, growing up and eyesight» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 8 · ★ · Water, small injuries, hay fever, growing up and eyesight

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A boy keeps getting headaches in class and sits at the front to read the board. What might help?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** keep, get, sit, read, help · **To what, where:** headaches, class, front, board

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 290 «Water, small injuries, hay fever, growing up and eyesight» 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/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy keeps getting headaches in class and sits at the front to read the board.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up:t8:1
# text = A boy keeps getting headaches in class and sits at the front to read the board.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	headaches	headache	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | a boy |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | gerund | a boy *not said here* | headaches |  | class |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer headache=Stimulus |
| 3 | **sit** | present | a boy *not said here* |  |  | the front |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at front=Location |
| 4 | **read** | to-infinitive | a boy *not said here* | the board |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent board=Topic |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What might help?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up:t8:2
# text = What might help?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | might |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sitting right at the back of the class instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up:t8:o1:1
# text = Sitting right at the back of the class instead
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund |  |  |  | the back of the class |  | instead, right *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at back=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Not looking at the board at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up:t8:o2:1
# text = Not looking at the board at all
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	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	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at all; at the board | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at board=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Telling a teacher and parent and having an eye test

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up:t8:o3:1
# text = Telling a teacher and parent and having an eye test
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  | a teacher and parent |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
| 2 | **have** | gerund |  | a eye test |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Closing one eye all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up:t8:o4:1
# text = Closing one eye all day
1	Closing	close	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | gerund |  | one eye |  |  | day |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |

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