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title: Lowri asked to play at 4, at 5 and at 6, and each time Mam was on a… — Cold parents: always on the phone · tree and pragmatics
description: Lowri asked to play at 4, at 5 and at 6, and each time Mam was on a call. Her last call ends at 6.30. When is the smartest time to ask? Test 5 · ★★★ 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 quest
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Cold parents: always on the phone

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Lowri asked to play at 4, at 5 and at 6, and each time Mam was on a call. Her last call ends at 6.30. When is the smartest time to ask?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lowri, time, last call, smartest time · **What happens:** ask, play, be, end, call · **To what, where:** 4, call, 6.30 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lowri asked to play at 4, at 5 and at 6, and each time Mam was on a call.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t5:1
# text = Lowri asked to play at 4, at 5 and at 6, and each time Mam was on a call.
1	Lowri	Lowri	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	ccomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
15	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
17	Mam	Mam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Lowri |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Lowri *not said here* |  |  | 4 |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | each time |  |  | a call |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Her last call ends at 6.30.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t5:2
# text = Her last call ends at 6.30.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	6.30	6.30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present | Lowri's last call |  |  | 6.30 |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **call** |  | Lowri |  |  |  |  |  | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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*Sentence 3:* When is the smartest time to ask?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t5:3
# text = When is the smartest time to ask?
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	smartest	smart	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the smartest time |  |  |  |  | when *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | the smartest time *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Never, give up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t5:o1:1
# text = Never, give up
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **give up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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At 4 again tomorrow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t5:o2:1
# text = At 4 again tomorrow
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
3	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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During the next call

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t5:o3:1
# text = During the next call
1	During	during	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Just after 6.30

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone:t5:o4:1
# text = Just after 6.30
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	after	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	6.30	6.30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Frac	0	root	_	_
```

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

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