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title: Why might a list of things to do on rainy days help Ruby stop snoopi… — Snooping on phones, diaries and letters · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might a list of things to do on rainy days help Ruby stop snooping? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 357 «Snooping on phones, diaries and letters» 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 11 · ★★★ · Snooping on phones, diaries and letters

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Why might a list of things to do on rainy days help Ruby stop snooping?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** list, Ruby · **What happens:** do, help, stop, snoop, list · **To what, where:** things

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 357 «Snooping on phones, diaries and letters» 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/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:t11:1
# text = Why might a list of things to do on rainy days help Ruby stop snooping?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	rainy	rainy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	snooping	snoop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | to-infinitive | a list of things *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **help** | present | a list of things |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **stop** | infinitive | Ruby |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **snoop** | gerund | Ruby *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **list** |  |  | things |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It hides the tablet from her so she can never find it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:t11:o1:1
# text = It hides the tablet from her so she can never find it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tablet	tablet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | It | the tablet |  |  |  | from her *= she* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent tablet=Patient from she=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **not** **find** | can | she | tablet |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It makes her forget the codes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:t11:o2:1
# text = It makes her forget the codes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	codes	code	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **forget** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | the codes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It gives her something to do when the temptation comes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:t11:o3:1
# text = It gives her something to do when the temptation comes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	temptation	temptation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | It | something | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient something=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | something *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **come** | present | the temptation |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It means Mum checks on her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:t11:o4:1
# text = It means Mum checks on her
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	checks	check	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **check** | present | Mum | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent her=Theme |

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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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