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title: Otto thinks Dad doesn't care because he hardly speaks. Which clue in… — Cold parents: always on the phone · tree and pragmatics
description: Otto thinks Dad doesn't care because he hardly speaks. Which clue in the story shows otherwise? Test 3 · ★★★ 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 wa
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Cold parents: always on the phone

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Otto thinks Dad doesn't care because he hardly speaks. Which clue in the story shows otherwise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Otto, Dad, clue · **What happens:** think, not care, speak, show · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Otto thinks Dad doesn't care because he hardly speaks.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t3:1
# text = Otto thinks Dad doesn't care because he hardly speaks.
1	Otto	Otto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Otto |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **care** | present · do-support | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | Dad |  |  |  |  | hardly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Which clue in the story shows otherwise?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t3:2
# text = Which clue in the story shows otherwise?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	clue	clue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | which clue in the story |  |  |  |  | otherwise *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He talks to Otto for hours on end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t3:o1:1
# text = He talks to Otto for hours on end
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Otto	Otto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present | He |  | Otto |  | on end; hour |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to otto=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He gives Otto a big hug every night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t3:o2:1
# text = He gives Otto a big hug every night
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Otto	Otto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	iobj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hug	hug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | He | a big hug | Otto |  | night |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent otto=Recipient hug=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He buys Otto lots of new toys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t3:o3:1
# text = He buys Otto lots of new toys
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	buys	buy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Otto	Otto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | present | He | Otto lots of new toys |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Every Sunday he takes Otto fishing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t3:o4:1
# text = Every Sunday he takes Otto fishing
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Otto	Otto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | he | Otto fishing |  |  | sunday |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fishing=Theme |

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