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title: Dad's phone's at 5%, you wanna play. Dad's waiting for a call from w… — Spending money online without asking · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad's phone's at 5%, you wanna play. Dad's waiting for a call from work. Best move? Test 9 of lesson 362 «Spending money online without asking» 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 9 · Spending money online without asking

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Dad's phone's at 5%, you wanna play. Dad's waiting for a call from work. Best move?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Dad · **What happens:** wanna, wait · **To what, where:** play

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This is test 9 of lesson 362 «Spending money online without asking» 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/362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad's phone's at 5%, you wanna play.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:t9:1
# text = Dad's phone's at 5%, you wanna play.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wanna	wanna	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wanna** | present | you | play |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Dad's waiting for a call from work.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:t9:2
# text = Dad's waiting for a call from work.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | present · progressive | Dad |  |  |  |  | for a call from work | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Best move?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:t9:3
# text = Best move?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Play with the sound off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:t9:o1:1
# text = Play with the sound off
1	Play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play off** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the sound | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with sound=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Ask Dad first and leave it if he says no

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:t9:o2:1
# text = Ask Dad first and leave it if he says no
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Dad |  |  | first *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Play on it until the battery dies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:t9:o3:1
# text = Play on it until the battery dies
1	Play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	battery	battery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | it |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **die** | present | the battery |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Turn on airplane mode

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:t9:o4:1
# text = Turn on airplane mode
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	airplane	airplane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	mode	mode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | airplane mode |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on mode=Trajectory |

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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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