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title: my mate says everyone in year 5 has a phone except me, literally eve… — Privacy, screens, sleep and fairness · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says everyone in year 5 has a phone except me, literally everyone. what's probably exaggerated? Test 17 · ★ of lesson 216 «Privacy, screens, sleep and fairness» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 17 · ★ · Privacy, screens, sleep and fairness

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my mate says everyone in year 5 has a phone except me, literally everyone. what's probably exaggerated?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, everyone · **What happens:** say, have, exaggerate · **To what, where:** phone · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 216 «Privacy, screens, sleep and fairness» 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/216-privacy-screens-sleep-and-fairness/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:216-privacy-screens-sleep-and-fairness:t17:1
# text = my mate says everyone in year 5 has a phone except me, literally everyone. what's probably exaggerated?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	flat	_	_
8	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	except	except	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
17	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | present | everyone | a phone |  |  |  | except me | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient |
| 3 | **exaggerate** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | 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 some children in year 5 have their own phones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:216-privacy-screens-sleep-and-fairness:t17:o1:1
# text = That some children in year 5 have their own phones
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | some children in year | children's own phones |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That phones are popular

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:216-privacy-screens-sleep-and-fairness:t17:o2:1
# text = That phones are popular
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that phones |  |  |  |  | popular *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Everyone; many 9–10 year olds have no phone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:216-privacy-screens-sleep-and-fairness:t17:o3:1
# text = Everyone; many 9–10 year olds have no phone
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
4	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	6	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	olds	old	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Everyone | no phone |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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That families decide about phones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:216-privacy-screens-sleep-and-fairness:t17:o4:1
# text = That families decide about phones
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	decide	decide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | present | that families | phones |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent phone=Topic |

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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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