--- title: apparently Max played his console 14 hours straight and his neck loc… — Posture, screens and resting your eyes · tree and pragmatics description: apparently Max played his console 14 hours straight and his neck locked and he couldn't turn his head Test 18 · ★ 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 c --- [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/t18/) [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/) / t18 # Test 18 · ★ · Posture, screens and resting your eyes apparently Max played his console 14 hours straight and his neck locked and he couldn't turn his head **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Max, neck · **What happens:** play, lock, not turn · **To what, where:** console, head This is test 18 · ★ 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/#t18). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:t18:1 # text = apparently Max played his console 14 hours straight and his neck locked and he couldn't turn his head 1 apparently apparently ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Max Max PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 console console NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 14 14 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 8 straight straight ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 locked lock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 16 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | past | Max | Max's console | | | hour | apparently, straight *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent console=Theme | | 2 | **lock** | past | Max's neck | | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **not** **turn** | could | neck | Max's head | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme | 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 proves consoles break necks every time ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:t18:o1:1 # text = It proves consoles break necks every time 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 proves prove VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 consoles console NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 break break VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 necks neck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | present | It | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **break** | present | consoles | necks | | | time | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer neck=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It means only consoles hurt necks, not phones ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:t18:o2:1 # text = It means only consoles hurt necks, not phones 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 consoles console NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hurt hurt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 necks neck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 phones phone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **hurt** | past | consoles | necks and phones | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer neck=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Whether or not it was 14 hours, long screen time strains your neck, so take breaks and move ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:t18:o3:1 # text = Whether or not it was 14 hours, long screen time strains your neck, so take breaks and move 1 Whether whether SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 7 mark _ _ 2 or or CCONJ CC _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 1 fixed _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 14 14 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 screen screen NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 strains strain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 18 breaks break NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | it | 14 hours | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **strain** | present | long screen time | your neck | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent neck=Source | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | long screen time *not said here* | breaks | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent break=Theme | | 4 | **move** | infinitive | long screen time *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is only a story, so posture never matters ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:t18:o4:1 # text = It is only a story, so posture never matters 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 posture posture NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 matters matter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a story | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **matter** | present | posture | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | **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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