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title: "dad turned off his phone at the pump lol does it rly blow up" What'… — Petrol stations, pools and things that… · tree and pragmatics
description: "dad turned off his phone at the pump lol does it rly blow up" What's the honest answer? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 23 «Petrol stations, pools and things that go bang» of the myths 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 1 · ★ · Petrol stations, pools and things that go bang

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"dad turned off his phone at the pump lol does it rly blow up" What's the honest answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, phone · **What happens:** turn off, blow up, be · **To what, where:** phone, pump lol, honest answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 23 «Petrol stations, pools and things that go bang» of the myths 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/myths/23-petrol-stations-pools-and-things-that-go-bang/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:23-petrol-stations-pools-and-things-that-go-bang:t1:1
# text = "dad turned off his phone at the pump lol does it rly blow up" What's the honest answer?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	pump	pump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	lol	lol	NOUN	NN	_	3	obl	_	_
11	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	rly	rly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	blow	blow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn off** *in a quote* | past | dad | dad's phone |  | the pump lol |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent phone=Patient |
| 2 | **blow up** *in a quote* | present · do-support | phone |  |  |  |  | rly *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the honest answer |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only iPhones do it, not other phones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:23-petrol-stations-pools-and-things-that-go-bang:t1:o1:1
# text = Only iPhones do it, not other phones
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	iPhones	iphone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | iPhones | it |  |  |  | other phones *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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

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No proven case, but follow the station's rules; static is the bigger risk

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:23-petrol-stations-pools-and-things-that-go-bang:t1:o2:1
# text = No proven case, but follow the station's rules; static is the bigger risk
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	proven	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
12	static	static	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	16	amod	_	_
16	risk	risk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **follow** | infinitive | no proven case | the station's rules |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | static | the bigger risk |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **rule** |  | the station |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, so you can use your phone however you like

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:23-petrol-stations-pools-and-things-that-go-bang:t1:o3:1
# text = No, so you can use your phone however you like
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	however	however	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | can | you | your phone |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient |
| 2 | **like** | present | you |  |  |  |  | however *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, phones blow up petrol stations every week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:23-petrol-stations-pools-and-things-that-go-bang:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, phones blow up petrol stations every week
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	blow	blow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	petrol	petrol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	stations	station	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow up** | present | phones | petrol stations |  |  | week |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent station=Patient |

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