--- title: at the memorial, everyone's quiet, my phone keeps buzzing — Quiet places and solemn moments · tree and pragmatics description: at the memorial, everyone's quiet, my phone keeps buzzing Test 16 · ★ of lesson 224 «Quiet places and solemn moments» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments/t16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Quiet places and solemn moments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Quiet places and solemn moments at the memorial, everyone's quiet, my phone keeps buzzing **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** everyone, phone · **What happens:** be, keep, buzz · **To what, where:** memorial This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 224 «Quiet places and solemn moments» 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/224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t16:1 # text = at the memorial, everyone's quiet, my phone keeps buzzing 1 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 memorial memorial NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 buzzing buzz VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | everyone | | | the memorial | | quiet *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | present | my phone | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **buzz** | gerund | my phone *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Switch it off or to silent ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t16:o1:1 # text = Switch it off or to silent 1 Switch switch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **switch off** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Play a game with the sound off ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t16:o2:1 # text = Play a game with the sound off 1 Play play VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play off** | imperative | you *not said here* | a game | | | | with the sound | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent game=Theme with sound=Co-Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Leave it, it's fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t16:o3:1 # text = Leave it, it's fine 1 Leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Answer it quietly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t16:o4:1 # text = Answer it quietly 1 Answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | quietly *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | **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. 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