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title: Harvey: «no phones at dinner for u two, but I'm keeping mine». What… — Cold parents: always on the phone · tree and pragmatics
description: Harvey: «no phones at dinner for u two, but I'm keeping mine». What will probably happen? Test 2 · ★★★ 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 choice was wron
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Cold parents: always on the phone

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Harvey: «no phones at dinner for u two, but I'm keeping mine». What will probably happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** keep, happen · **To what, where:** mine

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This is test 2 · ★★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Harvey: «no phones at dinner for u two, but I'm keeping mine».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t2:1
# text = Harvey: «no phones at dinner for u two, but I'm keeping mine».
1	Harvey	Harvey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	acl	_	_
16	mine	my	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | mine |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent my=Theme |

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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:* What will probably happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t2:2
# text = What will probably happen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | future |  |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Harvey gets a second phone as a reward

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t2:o1:1
# text = Harvey gets a second phone as a reward
1	Harvey	Harvey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Harvey | a second phone |  |  |  | as a reward | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer phone=Stimulus as reward=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mum and Dad happily agree straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t2:o2:1
# text = Mum and Dad happily agree straight away
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	agree	agree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | Mum and Dad |  |  |  |  | away, happily *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Everyone stops using phones forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t2:o3:1
# text = Everyone stops using phones forever
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | Everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **use** | gerund | Everyone *not said here* | phones |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient |

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

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Mum and Dad say it's not fair, and it fails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t2:o4:1
# text = Mum and Dad say it's not fair, and it fails
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	fails	fail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mum and Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **fail** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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