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description: did u hear a boy's phone under his pillow "caught fire n burnt his whole room down". what's probs exaggerated Test 16 of lesson 119 «Bedroom, living room and manners at home» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 16 · Bedroom, living room and manners at home

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did u hear a boy's phone under his pillow "caught fire n burnt his whole room down". what's probs exaggerated

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u, fire · **What happens:** hear, catch, burnt, be, exaggerate · **To what, where:** phone, pillow, whole room, probs · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 of lesson 119 «Bedroom, living room and manners at home» of the everyday 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/everyday/119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t16:1
# text = did u hear a boy's phone under his pillow "caught fire n burnt his whole room down". what's probs exaggerated
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	pillow	pillow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
13	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	n	n	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	15	advmod	_	_
15	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	down	down	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
22	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	24	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
24	probs	prob	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	parataxis	_	_
25	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u | a boy's phone |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer phone=Stimulus |
| 2 | **catch** *in a quote* | past | u *not said here* |  |  | boy's pillow |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **burnt** *in a quote* | past | fire | fire's whole room |  |  |  | down *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | probs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **exaggerate** | participle |  | probs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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That you should always charge a phone on a hard surface, not in bed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t16:o1:1
# text = That you should always charge a phone on a hard surface, not in bed
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obl	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	charge	charge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charge** | should | you | That |  | a hard surface |  | in bed; always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The whole room; a phone under a pillow can scorch and start a fire

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t16:o2:1
# text = The whole room; a phone under a pillow can scorch and start a fire
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pillow	pillow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	scorch	scorch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scorch** | can | a phone under a pillow | the whole room *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent room=Patient |
| 2 | **start** | infinitive | a phone under a pillow *not said here* | a fire |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That phones get hot when they charge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t16:o3:1
# text = That phones get hot when they charge
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	charge	charge	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | that phones |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **charge** | present | phones *= phone* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That pillows and blankets trap heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t16:o4:1
# text = That pillows and blankets trap heat
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	pillows	pillow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	blankets	blanket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	trap	trap	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trap** | present | that pillows and blankets | heat |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Patient |

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