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title: Aaron: «Mate, my eyebrow will protect me». Why does his dad go quiet… — Posture and eyes for sporty kids · tree and pragmatics
description: Aaron: «Mate, my eyebrow will protect me». Why does his dad go quiet and buy goggles? Test 5 of lesson 58 «Posture and eyes for sporty kids» 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.
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# Test 5 · Posture and eyes for sporty kids

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Aaron: «Mate, my eyebrow will protect me». Why does his dad go quiet and buy goggles?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** eyebrow, dad · **What happens:** protect, go, buy · **To what, where:** me, goggles

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This is test 5 of lesson 58 «Posture and eyes for sporty kids» 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/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Aaron: «Mate, my eyebrow will protect me».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:t5:1
# text = Aaron: «Mate, my eyebrow will protect me».
1	Aaron	Aaron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	eyebrow	eyebrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
10	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** *in a quote* | future | my eyebrow |  | me |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why does his dad go quiet and buy goggles?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:t5:2
# text = Why does his dad go quiet and buy goggles?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	goggles	goggle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · do-support | eyebrow's dad |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **buy** | infinitive | eyebrow's dad *not said here* | goggles |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goggle=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Squash rules ban eyebrows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:t5:o1:1
# text = Squash rules ban eyebrows
1	Squash	squash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ban	ban	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	eyebrows	eyebrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | present | Squash rules | eyebrows |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer eyebrow=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A small fast ball can get past the bone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:t5:o2:1
# text = A small fast ball can get past the bone
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	past	past	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | can | a small fast ball |  |  | the bone |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme past bone=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Goggles make you play faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:t5:o3:1
# text = Goggles make you play faster
1	Goggles	goggle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Goggles | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Eyebrows always stop squash balls before they reach the eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:t5:o4:1
# text = Eyebrows always stop squash balls before they reach the eye
1	Eyebrows	eyebrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	squash	squash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	reach	reach	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | Eyebrows | squash balls |  |  |  | always *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality ball=Eventuality |
| 2 | **reach** | present | Eyebrows *= eyebrow* | the eye |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent eye=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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