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title: Ben's telling everyone if u crack ur knuckles u get arthritis n ur f… — Eyes, ears and moving your body · tree and pragmatics
description: Ben's telling everyone if u crack ur knuckles u get arthritis n ur fingers go all twisted by 20 Test 16 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.
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# Test 16 · Eyes, ears and moving your body

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Ben's telling everyone if u crack ur knuckles u get arthritis n ur fingers go all twisted by 20

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u, telling · **What happens:** tell, crack, twist · **To what, where:** everyone, knuckles · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:87-eyes-ears-and-moving:t16:1
# text = Ben's telling everyone if u crack ur knuckles u get arthritis n ur fingers go all twisted by 20
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	csubj:pass	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	iobj	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	crack	crack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
8	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	knuckles	knuckle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
12	arthritis	arthritis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	n	not	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
14	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
16	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	all	all	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	twisted	twist	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |
| 2 | **crack** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | u | ur's knuckles |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location knuckle=Theme |
| 3 | **twist** | present · passive | telling |  |  |  |  | by 20; all *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: by 20=Trajectory |

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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 {#o1}

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It is true, and it happens by the age of 20

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:87-eyes-ears-and-moving:t16:o1:1
# text = It is true, and it happens by the age of 20
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	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | present | it |  |  |  | by the age of 20 |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by age=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is true, but only for the thumbs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:87-eyes-ears-and-moving:t16:o2:1
# text = It is true, but only for the thumbs
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	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	thumbs	thumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Studies found no link to arthritis, so that part is just a rumour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:87-eyes-ears-and-moving:t16:o3:1
# text = Studies found no link to arthritis, so that part is just a rumour
1	Studies	study	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	link	link	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	arthritis	arthritis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | Studies | no link |  |  |  | to arthritis | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent link=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that part | a rumour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is true if you crack them more than once a day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:87-eyes-ears-and-moving:t16:o4:1
# text = It is true if you crack them more than once a day
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	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	crack	crack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **crack** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | them *= they* |  |  |  | once *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme |

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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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