--- title: Teacher yells "sit up straight!" What's the bigger truth? — Exercise and posture · tree and pragmatics description: Teacher yells "sit up straight!" What's the bigger truth? Test 3 of lesson 34 «Exercise and posture» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/34-exercise-and-posture/t3/) [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/) / [Exercise and posture](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/34-exercise-and-posture/) / t3 # Test 3 · Exercise and posture Teacher yells "sit up straight!" What's the bigger truth? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Teacher, bigger truth · **What happens:** yell, sit up, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 of lesson 34 «Exercise and posture» 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/34-exercise-and-posture/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Teacher yells "sit up straight!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:34-exercise-and-posture:t3:1 # text = Teacher yells "sit up straight!" 1 Teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 yells yell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 straight straight ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | present | Teacher | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sit up** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | straight *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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's the bigger truth? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:34-exercise-and-posture:t3:2 # text = What's the bigger truth? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the bigger truth | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Posture doesn't matter at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:34-exercise-and-posture:t3:o1:1 # text = Posture doesn't matter at all 1 Posture posture NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | Posture | | | all | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Moving and changing position often matters more than one posture ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:34-exercise-and-posture:t3:o2:1 # text = Moving and changing position often matters more than one posture 1 Moving move VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 changing change VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 conj _ _ 4 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 often often ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 matters matter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 posture posture NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | gerund | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **change** | gerund | | position | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Patient | | 3 | **matter** | present | Moving | | | | | than one posture; often *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Slouching for even a minute can break your spine ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:34-exercise-and-posture:t3:o3:1 # text = Slouching for even a minute can break your spine 1 Slouching slouch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 csubj _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 spine spine NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slouch** | gerund | | | | | minute | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **break** | can | Slouching | your spine | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spine=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Sitting still and upright for hours is perfect ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:34-exercise-and-posture:t3:o4:1 # text = Sitting still and upright for hours is perfect 1 Sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 csubj _ _ 2 still still ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 upright upright ADV RB _ 2 conj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | gerund | | | | | still; hour | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | Sitting | | | | | perfect *property* | tree rules | **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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