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title: Ollie yawning in maths, teacher: «late night again?» What most likel… — Screen-time rules and arguments · tree and pragmatics
description: Ollie yawning in maths, teacher: «late night again?» What most likely caused it? Test 3 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Screen-time rules and arguments

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Ollie yawning in maths, teacher: «late night again?» What most likely caused it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** cause · **To what, where:** teacher

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ollie yawning in maths, teacher: «late night again?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t3:1
# text = Ollie yawning in maths, teacher: «late night again?»
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	yawning	yawning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* What most likely caused it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t3:2
# text = What most likely caused it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	_
3	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past |  | teacher |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer what=Theme it=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Doing too much homework the night before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t3:o1:1
# text = Doing too much homework the night before
1	Doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	before	before	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | gerund |  | much homework |  |  | night | before *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Eating too much breakfast that day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t3:o2:1
# text = Eating too much breakfast that day
1	Eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	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 | **eat** | gerund |  | much breakfast |  |  | day |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breakfast=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sitting too close to the classroom window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t3:o3:1
# text = Sitting too close to the classroom window
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	classroom	classroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund |  | close |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location close=Theme |

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

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Playing on a hidden tablet at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t3:o4:1
# text = Playing on a hidden tablet at night
1	Playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tablet	tablet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  | a hidden tablet | night |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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