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title: Bertie's prize, Avery's gold star, Sid's goal: what's one thing all… — Cold parents: always on the phone · tree and pragmatics
description: Bertie's prize, Avery's gold star, Sid's goal: what's one thing all three kids could do this week? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 495 «Cold parents: always on the phone» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 10 · ★★★ · Cold parents: always on the phone

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Bertie's prize, Avery's gold star, Sid's goal: what's one thing all three kids could do this week?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** prize, three kids · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** one thing

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 495 «Cold parents: always on the phone» 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/495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t10:1
# text = Bertie's prize, Avery's gold star, Sid's goal: what's one thing all three kids could do this week?
1	Bertie	Bertie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	Avery	Avery	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	Sid	Sid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	det	_	_
19	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	nummod	_	_
20	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
21	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	acl:relcl	_	_
23	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	24	det	_	_
24	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Bertie's prize and Avery's gold star and Sid's goal and one thing | one thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | could | all three kids | one thing *not said here* |  |  | week |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |

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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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Share it with another grown-up who'll notice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t10:o1:1
# text = Share it with another grown-up who'll notice
1	Share	share	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
5	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow up** | participle |  | another |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location another=Theme |
| 3 | **notice** | future |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Stop trying, since nobody at home notices

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t10:o2:1
# text = Stop trying, since nobody at home notices
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	trying	try	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	since	since	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	compound	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	notices	notice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **try** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  | since nobody notices |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Win something bigger so parents look up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t10:o3:1
# text = Win something bigger so parents look up
1	Win	win	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obj	_	_
3	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
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 | **win** | imperative | you *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
| 2 | **look up** | present | parents |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Throw their parents' phones in the bin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t10:o4:1
# text = Throw their parents' phones in the bin
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | their parents's phones |  | the bin |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent phone=Theme in bin=Destination |

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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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