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title: Ruby, three hours in: «why've I got a headache, I've just been sitti… — Eyes, backs and thumbs · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby, three hours in: «why've I got a headache, I've just been sitting». What did she forget? Test 5 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 5 · Eyes, backs and thumbs

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Ruby, three hours in: «why've I got a headache, I've just been sitting». What did she forget?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, she · **What happens:** get, sit, forget · **To what, where:** headache

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby, three hours in: «why've I got a headache, I've just been sitting».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t5:1
# text = Ruby, three hours in: «why've I got a headache, I've just been sitting».
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	headache	headache	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
17	just	just	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
18	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	19	aux	_	_
19	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present | I | a headache |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer headache=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sit** *in a quote* | present · perfect · progressive | I |  |  |  |  |  | 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 did she forget?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t5:2
# text = What did she forget?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past · do-support | she |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To sit closer to the screen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t5:o1:1
# text = To sit closer to the screen
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	closer	close	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to the screen; close *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To eat a packet of sweets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t5:o2:1
# text = To eat a packet of sweets
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	packet	packet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | to-infinitive |  | a packet of sweets |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent packet=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To drink some water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t5:o3:1
# text = To drink some water
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	drink	drink	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | to-infinitive |  | some water |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To turn the sound up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t5:o4:1
# text = To turn the sound up
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn up** | to-infinitive |  | the sound |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sound=Theme |

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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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