--- title: I lick my lips all winter cos they're so dry. Clever? — Eczema and other skin troubles · tree and pragmatics description: I lick my lips all winter cos they're so dry. Clever? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 15 «Eczema and other skin troubles» of the medicine 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/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/t8/) [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/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Eczema and other skin troubles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Eczema and other skin troubles I lick my lips all winter cos they're so dry. Clever? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, lips · **What happens:** lick, be · **To what, where:** lips This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 15 «Eczema and other skin troubles» of the medicine 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/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* I lick my lips all winter cos they're so dry. ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles:t8:1 # text = I lick my lips all winter cos they're so dry. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lick lick VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lick** | present | I | my lips | | | winter | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent lip=Source | | 2 | **is** | present | lips *= lip* | | | | | dry *property* | tree rules | 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:* Clever? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles:t8:2 # text = Clever? 1 Clever Clever PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Yes, spit is a moisturiser ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles:t8:o1:1 # text = Yes, spit is a moisturiser 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 spit spit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 moisturiser moisturiser NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | spit | a moisturiser | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, rub some salt on them instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles:t8:o2:1 # text = No, rub some salt on them instead 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 rub rub VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 8 instead instead ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | imperative | you *not said here* | some salt | | | | on them *= they*; instead *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent salt=Theme on they=Destination | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, licking makes them more chapped; use lip balm ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles:t8:o3:1 # text = No, licking makes them more chapped; use lip balm 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 licking lick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 4 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 chapped chap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 9 use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 lip lip NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 balm balm NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lick** | gerund | | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | present | licking | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **chap** | participle | them *= they* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **use** | infinitive | | lip balm | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balm=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, and bite them too ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles:t8:o4:1 # text = Yes, and bite them too 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 bite bite VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | **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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