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title: «phones in the kitchen at 8, that's so mid». («mid» means boring or… — The group chat that turns · tree and pragmatics
description: «phones in the kitchen at 8, that's so mid». («mid» means boring or poor.) What did Sam find after two weeks? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 479 «The group chat that turns» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 8 · ★★ · The group chat that turns

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«phones in the kitchen at 8, that's so mid». («mid» means boring or poor.) What did Sam find after two weeks?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mid, Sam · **What happens:** mean, find

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 479 «The group chat that turns» 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/479-the-group-chat-that-turns/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «phones in the kitchen at 8, that's so mid».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:479-the-group-chat-that-turns:t8:1
# text = «phones in the kitchen at 8, that's so mid».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	mid	mid	X	AFX	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* («mid» means boring or poor.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:479-the-group-chat-that-turns:t8:2
# text = («mid» means boring or poor.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	mid	mid	X	AFX	_	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | mid |  |  |  |  | boring *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What did Sam find after two weeks?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:479-the-group-chat-that-turns:t8:3
# text = What did Sam find after two weeks?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · do-support | Sam |  |  |  | week |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He made lots more enemies at school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:479-the-group-chat-that-turns:t8:o1:1
# text = He made lots more enemies at school
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | He | lots and more enemies |  | school |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Product |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He slept better and was less grumpy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:479-the-group-chat-that-turns:t8:o2:1
# text = He slept better and was less grumpy
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | past | He |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | grumpy, less *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He failed all his tests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:479-the-group-chat-that-turns:t8:o3:1
# text = He failed all his tests
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	failed	fail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	tests	test	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | past | He | his tests |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Eventuality |
| 2 | **test** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was more tired and grumpy than ever before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:479-the-group-chat-that-turns:t8:o4:1
# text = He was more tired and grumpy than ever before
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	before	before	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | before, tired *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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