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title: You say "Five more minutes" back to Mum who's been on her phone two… — Screens, diets, sofas and late nights · tree and pragmatics
description: You say "Five more minutes" back to Mum who's been on her phone two hours. She laughs: "Fair point." Which is a good idea? Test 6 of lesson 29 «Screens, diets, sofas and late nights» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 6 · Screens, diets, sofas and late nights

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You say "Five more minutes" back to Mum who's been on her phone two hours. She laughs: "Fair point." Which is a good idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, Mum, She · **What happens:** say, be, laugh · **To what, where:** phone, Fair point, good idea · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 29 «Screens, diets, sofas and late nights» of the adult life 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/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You say "Five more minutes" back to Mum who's been on her phone two hours.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t6:1
# text = You say "Five more minutes" back to Mum who's been on her phone two hours.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	cop	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	acl:relcl	_	_
17	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | You |  |  |  | minute |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Mum |  |  | her phone | hour |  | tree rules |

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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:* She laughs: "Fair point."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t6:2
# text = She laughs: "Fair point."
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | She | Fair point |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Which is a good idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t6:3
# text = Which is a good idea?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a good idea |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A screen-free game or walk together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t6:o1:1
# text = A screen-free game or walk together
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	together	together	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | infinitive | a free game *not said here* |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Both of you staying on screens all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t6:o2:1
# text = Both of you staying on screens all night
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	staying	stay	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	screens	screen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | gerund | Both |  |  | screens | night |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on screen=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hiding her phone in the bin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t6:o3:1
# text = Hiding her phone in the bin
1	Hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund |  | her phone |  | the bin |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent phone=Patient in bin=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shouting that she is a hypocrite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t6:o4:1
# text = Shouting that she is a hypocrite
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	that	that	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
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	hypocrite	hypocrite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | that she | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Shouting | a hypocrite |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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