--- title: Ollie: «floor's comfier than a chair». What happened the next day? — Eyes, backs and thumbs · tree and pragmatics description: Ollie: «floor's comfier than a chair». What happened the next day? Test 9 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · Eyes, backs and thumbs Ollie: «floor's comfier than a chair». What happened the next day? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ollie: «floor's comfier than a chair». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t9:1 # text = Ollie: «floor's comfier than a chair». 1 Ollie Ollie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 comfier comfy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* What happened the next day? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t9:2 # text = What happened the next day? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | | day | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} His thumbs stopped hurting ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t9:o1:1 # text = His thumbs stopped hurting 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 thumbs thumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 hurting hurt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | His thumbs | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **hurt** | gerund | His thumbs *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} His eyes felt sharper ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t9:o2:1 # text = His eyes felt sharper 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 sharper sharp ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | His eyes | | | | | sharp *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} His back felt stronger ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t9:o3:1 # text = His back felt stronger 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | His back | | | | | strong *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} His back ached ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:t9:o4:1 # text = His back ached 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ached ache VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ache** | past | His back | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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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