--- title: Zara wants more time. Which plan has the best chance? — Screen-time rules and arguments · tree and pragmatics description: Zara wants more time. Which plan has the best chance? Test 6 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Screen-time rules and arguments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Screen-time rules and arguments Zara wants more time. Which plan has the best chance? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Zara, plan · **What happens:** want, have · **To what, where:** best chance This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Zara wants more time. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t6:1 # text = Zara wants more time. 1 Zara Zara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | Zara | | | | time | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which plan has the best chance? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t6:2 # text = Which plan has the best chance? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | which plan | the best chance | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Asking twenty times in a row at bedtime ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t6:o1:1 # text = Asking twenty times in a row at bedtime 1 Asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 row row NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 bedtime bedtime NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | a row | time | at bedtime | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Telling them everyone else gets five hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t6:o2:1 # text = Telling them everyone else gets five hours 1 Telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 1 iobj _ _ 4 else else ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | everyone | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient everyone=Topic | | 2 | **get** | present | Telling | | | | hour | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Crying loudly until her parents give in ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t6:o3:1 # text = Crying loudly until her parents give in 1 Crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 2 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 until until ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 6 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | until her parents | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give in** | present | Crying | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A calm list of true reasons at a quiet moment ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:t6:o4:1 # text = A calm list of true reasons at a quiet moment 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 reasons reason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **list** | | | true reasons at a quiet moment | | | | | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient | **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. 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