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title: Ruby: «ugh you're such a pain, mum». Mum: «Screen time's gone.» What… — Screen-time rules and arguments · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby: «ugh you're such a pain, mum». Mum: «Screen time's gone.» What would help Ruby most now? Test 5 · ★ 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 rig
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# Test 5 · ★ · Screen-time rules and arguments

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Ruby: «ugh you're such a pain, mum». Mum: «Screen time's gone.» What would help Ruby most now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Mum · **What happens:** be, help · **To what, where:** pain, Ruby

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby: «ugh you're such a pain, mum».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t5:1
# text = Ruby: «ugh you're such a pain, mum».
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	ugh	ugh	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	9	det:predet	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | such pain |  |  |  |  | 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:* Mum: «Screen time's gone.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t5:2
# text = Mum: «Screen time's gone.»
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Mum |  |  |  |  | gone *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What would help Ruby most now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t5:3
# text = What would help Ruby most now?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	obl	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | would |  |  | Ruby |  | now | most *obl* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ruby=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A real sorry and calmer words next time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t5:o1:1
# text = A real sorry and calmer words next time
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	calmer	calm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Waiting in silence for a whole month

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t5:o2:1
# text = Waiting in silence for a whole month
1	Waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  | silence | month |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in silence=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Saying her friend's mum is nicer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t5:o3:1
# text = Saying her friend's mum is nicer
1	Saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	csubj	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	nicer	nice	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | her friend's mum |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent mum=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | Saying |  |  |  |  | nice *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Slamming the door to show how upset she is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t5:o4:1
# text = Slamming the door to show how upset she is
1	Slamming	slam	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	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 | **slam** | gerund |  | the door |  |  |  |  | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **be** | present | Slamming |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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