--- title: Priya, rubbing her eyes: «everything's blurry, is my telly broken?»… — Eyes, backs and thumbs · tree and pragmatics description: Priya, rubbing her eyes: «everything's blurry, is my telly broken?» Most likely? Test 3 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 right. --- [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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · Eyes, backs and thumbs Priya, rubbing her eyes: «everything's blurry, is my telly broken?» Most likely? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Priya, everything, rubbing · **What happens:** rub, be, break · **To what, where:** eyes, telly · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Priya, rubbing her eyes: «everything's blurry, is my telly broken?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t3:1 # text = Priya, rubbing her eyes: «everything's blurry, is my telly broken?» 1 Priya Priya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 rubbing rub VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 csubj _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 blurry blurry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 telly telly NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 15 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | gerund | Priya | Priya's eyes | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | everything | | | | | blurry *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | rubbing | my telly | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **break** *in a quote* | participle | | my telly *not said here* | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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:* Most likely? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t3:2 # text = Most likely? 1 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 nsubj _ _ 2 likely likely ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The telly has a broken screen ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t3:o1:1 # text = The telly has a broken screen 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 telly telly NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 screen screen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the telly | a broken screen | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent screen=Patient | | 2 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} She has been blinking too much ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t3:o2:1 # text = She has been blinking too much 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux _ _ 4 blinking blink VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blink** | present · perfect · progressive | She | much | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent much=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Her eyes are tired from long staring ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t3:o3:1 # text = Her eyes are tired from long staring 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 staring staring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Her eyes | | | long staring | | tired *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} She needs a much bigger screen ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t3:o4:1 # text = She needs a much bigger screen 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 screen screen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | She | a bigger screen | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot screen=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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