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title: Why do many schools keep phones off during lessons? — Breakfast, the school day and honest h… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do many schools keep phones off during lessons? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 306 «Breakfast, the school day and honest homework» 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 right.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Breakfast, the school day and honest homework

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Why do many schools keep phones off during lessons?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** many schools · **What happens:** keep off · **To what, where:** phones

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 306 «Breakfast, the school day and honest homework» 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/306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:t6:1
# text = Why do many schools keep phones off during lessons?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	during	during	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep off** | present · do-support | many schools | phones |  |  | during lessons |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme |

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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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Phones break easily if they are used indoors, near radiators and whiteboards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:t6:o1:1
# text = Phones break easily if they are used indoors, near radiators and whiteboards
1	Phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	break	break	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
8	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	near	near	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	radiators	radiator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	whiteboards	whiteboard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present | Phones |  |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **use** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | Phones *= phone* |  | radiators and whiteboards |  | indoors *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Teachers want to read the messages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:t6:o2:1
# text = Teachers want to read the messages
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Teachers |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **read** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Teachers *not said here* | the messages |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Phones make classroom lights flicker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:t6:o3:1
# text = Phones make classroom lights flicker
1	Phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	classroom	classroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	flicker	flicker	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Phones |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **flicker** | present | classroom lights |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Phones distract from learning, and are meant for emergencies only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework:t6:o4:1
# text = Phones distract from learning, and are meant for emergencies only
1	Phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	distract	distract	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	learning	learning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	emergencies	emergency	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **distract** | present | Phones |  |  | learning |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **mean** | present · passive | Phones *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for emergencies | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: for emergency=Attribute |

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