--- title: can't read the board from the back, prob nothing — Eyes, ears and moving your body · tree and pragmatics description: can't read the board from the back, prob nothing Test 13 of lesson 87 «Eyes, ears and moving your body» 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/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/t13/) [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, ears and moving your body](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/) / t13 # Test 13 · Eyes, ears and moving your body can't read the board from the back, prob nothing **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** not read · **To what, where:** board, back This is test 13 of lesson 87 «Eyes, ears and moving your body» 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/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:87-eyes-ears-and-moving:t13:1 # text = can't read the board from the back, prob nothing 1 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 read read VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 prob prob NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 appos _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **read** | can | | the board | | the back | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent board=Topic from back=Source | 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 {#o1} Only grown-ups need glasses ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:87-eyes-ears-and-moving:t13:o1:1 # text = Only grown-ups need glasses 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 glasses glass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **need** | present | grown ups | glasses | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot glass=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Tell a teacher or parent, you might need glasses ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:87-eyes-ears-and-moving:t13:o2:1 # text = Tell a teacher or parent, you might need glasses 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 10 glasses glass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a teacher or parent | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | | 2 | **need** | might | you | glasses | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot glass=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Sit at the back so eyes work more ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:87-eyes-ears-and-moving:t13:o3:1 # text = Sit at the back so eyes work more 1 Sit sit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 work work VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the back | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at back=Location | | 2 | **work** | present | eyes | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Squint harder every day, it trains the eyes to see better ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:87-eyes-ears-and-moving:t13:o4:1 # text = Squint harder every day, it trains the eyes to see better 1 Squint squint NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 2 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 trains train VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 12 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **train** | present | Squint | the eyes | | | day | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | Squint *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «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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