--- title: A boy keeps picking his nose in class. What is the better habit? — Eyes, nose and using the toilet · tree and pragmatics description: A boy keeps picking his nose in class. What is the better habit? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/t7/) [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, nose and using the toilet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Eyes, nose and using the toilet A boy keeps picking his nose in class. What is the better habit? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, better habit · **What happens:** keep, pick, be · **To what, where:** nose, class This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy keeps picking his nose in class. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t7:1 # text = A boy keeps picking his nose in class. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 picking pick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | a boy | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pick** | gerund | a boy *not said here* | boy's nose | | class | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=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:* What is the better habit? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t7:2 # text = What is the better habit? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 habit habit NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the better habit | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Pick it only when the teacher looks away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t7:o1:1 # text = Pick it only when the teacher looks away 1 Pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **look away** | present | the teacher | | | | | away *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Use a tissue and then wash his hands ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t7:o2:1 # text = Use a tissue and then wash his hands 1 Use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tissue tissue NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 wash wash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a tissue | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tissue=Patient | | 2 | **wash** | infinitive | you *not said here* | his hands | | | then | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Wipe his finger on the desk ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t7:o3:1 # text = Wipe his finger on the desk 1 Wipe wipe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 finger finger 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 desk desk NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wipe** | imperative | you *not said here* | his finger | | the desk | | | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent finger=Theme on desk=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} Pick it with a pencil instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:t7:o4:1 # text = Pick it with a pencil instead 1 Pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pencil pencil NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 instead instead ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | with a pencil; instead *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | **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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