--- title: Leo: «gamer thumbs, they ache, means I'm a pro». What's true? — Eyes, backs and thumbs · tree and pragmatics description: Leo: «gamer thumbs, they ache, means I'm a pro». What's true? Test 2 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs/t2/) [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/) / [Eyes, backs and thumbs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs/) / t2 # Test 2 · Eyes, backs and thumbs Leo: «gamer thumbs, they ache, means I'm a pro». What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** thumbs, Leo, I · **What happens:** ache, mean, be · **To what, where:** gamer thumbs, pro This is test 2 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Leo: «gamer thumbs, they ache, means I'm a pro». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t2:1 # text = Leo: «gamer thumbs, they ache, means I'm a pro». 1 Leo Leo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 gamer gamer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 thumbs thumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ache ache VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 10 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 pro pro NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ache** *in a quote* | present | thumbs *= thumb* | gamer thumbs *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | Leo | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | a pro | | | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t2:2 # text = What's true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Thumbs only hurt for beginners ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t2:o1:1 # text = Thumbs only hurt for beginners 1 Thumbs thumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 hurt hurt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 beginners beginner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | present | Thumbs | | | | | for beginners | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Aching thumbs prove he is skilled ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t2:o2:1 # text = Aching thumbs prove he is skilled 1 Aching ache VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 amod _ _ 2 thumbs thumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 prove prove VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 skilled skill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ache** | gerund | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **prove** | present | Aching thumbs | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **skill** | present · passive | | he | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Real pros play through any pain ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t2:o3:1 # text = Real pros play through any pain 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 pros pro NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 play play VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | present | Real pros | | | any pain | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Aching thumbs mean he needs a break ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t2:o4:1 # text = Aching thumbs mean he needs a break 1 Aching ache VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 amod _ _ 2 thumbs thumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 break break NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ache** | gerund | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **mean** | present | Aching thumbs | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **need** | present | he | a break | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot break=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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