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title: «my neck's killing me, been on Roblox since lunch, like this» (head… — Eyes, backs and thumbs · tree and pragmatics
description: «my neck's killing me, been on Roblox since lunch, like this» (head bent right down). What helps most? Test 1 of lesson 420 «Eyes, backs and thumbs» 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.
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# Test 1 · Eyes, backs and thumbs

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«my neck's killing me, been on Roblox since lunch, like this» (head bent right down). What helps most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** neck · **What happens:** kill, be, bend, help · **To what, where:** me, Roblox, head

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This is test 1 of lesson 420 «Eyes, backs and thumbs» 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/420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «my neck's killing me, been on Roblox since lunch, like this» (head bent right down).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t1:1
# text = «my neck's killing me, been on Roblox since lunch, like this» (head bent right down).
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	killing	kill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Roblox	Roblox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	since	since	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	_
19	bent	bend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
20	right	right	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	down	down	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** *in a quote* | present · progressive | my neck | me |  |  | since lunch |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer this=Result |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  | Roblox |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **bend** | participle |  | head *not said here* |  |  |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 helps most?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t1:2
# text = What helps most?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Hold the tablet on the knees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t1:o1:1
# text = Hold the tablet on the knees
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tablet	tablet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | the tablet |  | the knees |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tablet=Theme on knee=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Sit back with the screen nearer eye level

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t1:o2:1
# text = Sit back with the screen nearer eye level
1	Sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	nearer	near	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
7	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit back** | imperative | you *not said here* | nearer eye level |  |  |  | with the screen | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Bend the head even further down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t1:o3:1
# text = Bend the head even further down
1	Bend	bend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	further	far	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bend** | imperative | you *not said here* | the head |  |  |  | down *property* | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent head=Material |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Play lying flat on the floor instead, on his tummy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t1:o4:1
# text = Play lying flat on the floor instead, on his tummy
1	Play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	flat	flat	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | his tummy |  | instead *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  | the floor |  | flat *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on floor=Location |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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