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title: «literally everyone in my class has the new phone except me, mum's b… — When you want what others have · tree and pragmatics
description: «literally everyone in my class has the new phone except me, mum's basically punishing me». What's really going on? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 353 «When you want what others have» 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 1 · ★★ · When you want what others have

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«literally everyone in my class has the new phone except me, mum's basically punishing me». What's really going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** everyone, mum · **What happens:** have, punish, go on · **To what, where:** new phone, me

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 353 «When you want what others have» 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/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «literally everyone in my class has the new phone except me, mum's basically punishing me».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t1:1
# text = «literally everyone in my class has the new phone except me, mum's basically punishing me».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	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	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	punishing	punish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	parataxis	_	_
18	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | everyone | the new phone |  |  |  | except me | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient |
| 2 | **punish** *in a quote* | present · progressive | mum | me |  |  |  | basically *property* | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's really going on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t1:2
# text = What's really going on?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Mum is punishing her for nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t1:o1:1
# text = Mum is punishing her for nothing
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	punishing	punish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | present · progressive | Mum | her *= she* |  |  |  | for nothing | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Patient for nothing=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Phones are a basic need at nine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t1:o2:1
# text = Phones are a basic need at nine
1	Phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	basic	basic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Phones | a basic need |  | nine |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Every child in her class truly has one, so Mum is wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t1:o3:1
# text = Every child in her class truly has one, so Mum is wrong
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | every child in child's class | one |  |  |  | truly *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | Mum |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

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

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It's peer pressure; saying no is not a punishment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t1:o4:1
# text = It's peer pressure; saying no is not a punishment
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	peer	peer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | peer pressure |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | peer pressure *not said here* | no |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **is a** | present | peer pressure | a punishment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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