--- title: my cousin reckons if u read under the covers with a torch ur eyes go… — Posture, screens and resting your eyes · tree and pragmatics description: my cousin reckons if u read under the covers with a torch ur eyes go blind permanently Test 17 · ★ of lesson 8 «Posture, screens and resting your eyes» 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/8-posture-and-screens/t17/) [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/) / [Posture, screens and resting your eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/8-posture-and-screens/) / t17 # Test 17 · ★ · Posture, screens and resting your eyes my cousin reckons if u read under the covers with a torch ur eyes go blind permanently **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, u, eyes · **What happens:** reckon, read, go · **To what, where:** covers This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 8 «Posture, screens and resting your eyes» 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/8-posture-and-screens/#t17). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:t17:1 # text = my cousin reckons if u read under the covers with a torch ur eyes go blind permanently 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 under under ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 covers cover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 torch torch NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 13 ur your PRON PRP$ Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 17 permanently permanently ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | my cousin | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **read** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | u | | | the covers | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** | present | ur's eyes | | | | | with a torch; blind, permanently *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with torch=Beneficiary | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It is true, reading in dim light blinds you for life ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:t17:o1:1 # text = It is true, reading in dim light blinds you for life 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is 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 , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 reading read VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 csubj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 blinds blind VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **read** | gerund | | | | dim light | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **blind** | present | reading | you | | | | for life | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} That is a rumour; dim light can tire your eyes but does not damage them for good ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:t17:o2:1 # text = That is a rumour; dim light can tire your eyes but does not damage them for good 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rumour rumour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 tire tire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 10 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 damage damage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | That | a rumour | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tire** | can | dim light | your eyes | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eye=Experiencer | | 3 | **not** **damage** | present · do-support | dim light *not said here* | eyes *= eye* | | | | for good | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is true, but only if you read comics ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:t17:o3:1 # text = It is true, but only if you read comics 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is 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 , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 read read VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 comics comic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **read** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | comics | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comic=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is true, so you should only read outside ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:t17:o4:1 # text = It is true, so you should only read outside 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is 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 , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 10 outside outside ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **read** | should | you | | | | | outside *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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