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title: «MUM just 5 more mins!!» «you said that 20 min ago». What would most… — Screen-time rules and arguments · tree and pragmatics
description: «MUM just 5 more mins!!» «you said that 20 min ago». What would most likely stop this nightly row? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 421 «Screen-time rules and arguments» 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
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# Test 1 · ★ · Screen-time rules and arguments

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«MUM just 5 more mins!!» «you said that 20 min ago». What would most likely stop this nightly row?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** say, stop · **To what, where:** nightly row · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 421 «Screen-time rules and arguments» 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/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «MUM just 5 more mins!!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t1:1
# text = «MUM just 5 more mins!!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	MUM	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	mins	minute	NOUN	NNS	Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* «you said that 20 min ago».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t1:2
# text = «you said that 20 min ago».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	min	minute	NOUN	NNS	Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What would most likely stop this nightly row?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t1:3
# text = What would most likely stop this nightly row?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
7	nightly	nightly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	row	row	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | would |  | this nightly row |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality row=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Rules made together, with a warning before the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t1:o1:1
# text = Rules made together, with a warning before the end
1	Rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | Rules with a warning before the end *not said here* |  |  |  | together *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Taking the console apart every evening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t1:o2:1
# text = Taking the console apart every evening
1	Taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	console	console	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | gerund |  | the console |  |  | evening | apart *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent console=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Letting Kai play as long as he likes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t1:o3:1
# text = Letting Kai play as long as he likes
1	Letting	let	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | infinitive | Kai |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **like** | present | Kai |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shouting louder until one person gives up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t1:o4:1
# text = Shouting louder until one person gives up
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	until	until	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  | until one person | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give up** | present | Shouting |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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