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title: my lil bro just barges in when im on the loo — Privacy, screens, sleep and fairness · tree and pragmatics
description: my lil bro just barges in when im on the loo Test 9 · ★ 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Privacy, screens, sleep and fairness

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my lil bro just barges in when im on the loo

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lil bro · **What happens:** barge in, im · **To what, where:** loo

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:216-privacy-screens-sleep-and-fairness:t9:1
# text = my lil bro just barges in when im on the loo
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	lil	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	barges	barge	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	im	im	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	loo	loo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **barge in** | present | my lil bro |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **im** | participle | my lil bro *not said here* |  |  | the loo |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Lock everyone out of the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:216-privacy-screens-sleep-and-fairness:t9:o1:1
# text = Lock everyone out of the house
1	Lock	lock	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | imperative | you *not said here* | everyone |  | the house |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That's normal, doors stay open

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:216-privacy-screens-sleep-and-fairness:t9:o2:1
# text = That's normal, doors stay open
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | That |  |  |  |  | normal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** | present | doors |  |  |  |  | open *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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You should leave the door open

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:216-privacy-screens-sleep-and-fairness:t9:o3:1
# text = You should leave the door open
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | should | You | the door |  |  |  | open *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The toilet is private; he should knock first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:216-privacy-screens-sleep-and-fairness:t9:o4:1
# text = The toilet is private; he should knock first
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	knock	knock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the toilet |  |  |  |  | private *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **knock** | should | he |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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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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