--- title: A boy in Cardiff wears braces and someone calls him «metal mouth» ev… — Your body and how you look · tree and pragmatics description: A boy in Cardiff wears braces and someone calls him «metal mouth» every day. What should he do? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 88 «Your body and how you look» 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/88-liking-how-you-look/t1/) [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/) / [Your body and how you look](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/88-liking-how-you-look/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Your body and how you look A boy in Cardiff wears braces and someone calls him «metal mouth» every day. What should he do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, someone · **What happens:** wear, call, do · **To what, where:** braces, boy · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 88 «Your body and how you look» 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/88-liking-how-you-look/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy in Cardiff wears braces and someone calls him «metal mouth» every day. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:88-liking-how-you-look:t1:1 # text = A boy in Cardiff wears braces and someone calls him «metal mouth» every day. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Cardiff Cardiff PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 wears wear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 braces brace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 9 nsubj _ _ 9 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 « « PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | present | a boy in Cardiff | braces | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent brace=Theme | | 2 | **call** | present | someone | | boy | | day | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | 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. *Sentence 2:* What should he do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:88-liking-how-you-look:t1:2 # text = What should he do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | should | boy | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Tell a trusted adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:88-liking-how-you-look:t1:o1:1 # text = Tell a trusted adult 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a trusted adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | | 2 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Stop smiling for ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:88-liking-how-you-look:t1:o2:1 # text = Stop smiling for ever 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 smiling smile VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **smile** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for ever=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Call the other boy names ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:88-liking-how-you-look:t1:o3:1 # text = Call the other boy names 1 Call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | imperative | you *not said here* | the other boy names | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Take the braces off himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:88-liking-how-you-look:t1:o4:1 # text = Take the braces off himself 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 braces brace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 off off ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | the braces | | | | off himself *= he* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent brace=Theme off himself=Initial\_Location | **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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