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title: Lily has to wear glasses now and someone called her four-eyes, is it… — Posture, screens and resting your eyes · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily has to wear glasses now and someone called her four-eyes, is it ok to say it too Test 19 · ★ 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.
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# Test 19 · ★ · Posture, screens and resting your eyes

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Lily has to wear glasses now and someone called her four-eyes, is it ok to say it too

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lily, someone, it · **What happens:** have, wear, call, be, say · **To what, where:** glasses, four eyes, it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★ 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/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:t19:1
# text = Lily has to wear glasses now and someone called her four-eyes, is it ok to say it too
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	glasses	glass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	nsubj	_	_
9	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
11	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	ok	ok	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	csubj	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	too	too	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Lily |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | to-infinitive | Lily *not said here* | glasses |  |  | now |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent glass=Source |
| 3 | **call** | past | someone | Lily's four eyes |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent eye=Recipient |
| 4 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | ok *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, but only when she is not listening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:t19:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only when she is not listening
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **listen** | present · progressive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, calling her names is unkind; glasses just help her see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:t19:o2:1
# text = No, calling her names is unkind; glasses just help her see
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	calling	call	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
9	glasses	glass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  | her names |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | calling |  |  |  |  | unkind *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **help** | present | glasses | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 4 | **see** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **name** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, because everyone else is saying it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:t19:o3:1
# text = Yes, because everyone else is saying it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	nsubj	_	_
5	else	else	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | everyone | it |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, as long as you say it as a joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:t19:o4:1
# text = Yes, as long as you say it as a joke
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you | it |  |  |  | as a joke | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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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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