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title: Your mate goes, "my phone's trash, a new one would fix all my photos… — Photography and phone cameras · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate goes, "my phone's trash, a new one would fix all my photos." What matters more? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 20 «Photography and phone cameras» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Photography and phone cameras

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Your mate goes, "my phone's trash, a new one would fix all my photos." What matters more?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, new one · **What happens:** go, fix, matter · **To what, where:** trash, photos

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 20 «Photography and phone cameras» of the arts 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/arts/20-photography-and-phone-cameras/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate goes, "my phone's trash, a new one would fix all my photos."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:20-photography-and-phone-cameras:t1:1
# text = Your mate goes, "my phone's trash, a new one would fix all my photos."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	trash	trash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
16	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	18	det:predet	_	_
17	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Your mate | my phone's trash |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fix** *in a quote* | would | a new one | my photos |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent photo=Patient |

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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:* What matters more?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:20-photography-and-phone-cameras:t1:2
# text = What matters more?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

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

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Knowing light and angles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:20-photography-and-phone-cameras:t1:o1:1
# text = Knowing light and angles
1	Knowing	know	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	angles	angle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | gerund |  | light and angles |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Taking lots of photos much faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:20-photography-and-phone-cameras:t1:o2:1
# text = Taking lots of photos much faster
1	Taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | gerund |  | lots of photos |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Using more and more filters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:20-photography-and-phone-cameras:t1:o3:1
# text = Using more and more filters
1	Using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	_
5	filters	filter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund |  | more filters |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent filter=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Buying the newest, priciest phone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:20-photography-and-phone-cameras:t1:o4:1
# text = Buying the newest, priciest phone
1	Buying	buy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	newest	new	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	priciest	pricey	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | gerund |  | the newest |  |  |  | priciest phone *obl* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent new=Theme |

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