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# Test 5 · ★ · Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules

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"my phone heard me say trainers and now it's all trainer ads, it's listening!!" What's a fairer explanation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** phone, me, fairer explanation · **What happens:** hear, say, be, listen · **To what, where:** me, trainers, trainer ads · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» 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/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "my phone heard me say trainers and now it's all trainer ads, it's listening!!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t5:1
# text = "my phone heard me say trainers and now it's all trainer ads, it's listening!!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	trainers	trainer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
13	trainer	trainer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	ads	ad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** *in a quote* | past | my phone | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | me *not said here* | trainers and all trainer ads |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent trainer=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | phone | all trainer ads |  |  | now |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **listen** *in a quote* | present · progressive | phone |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: 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:* What's a fairer explanation?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t5:2
# text = What's a fairer explanation?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fairer	fair	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	explanation	explanation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a fairer explanation |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Trainers ads appear for everyone always

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t5:o1:1
# text = Trainers ads appear for everyone always
1	Trainers	trainer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	compound	_	_
2	ads	ad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	appear	appear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | present | Trainers ads |  |  |  |  | for everyone; always *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Phones read your mind through the screen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t5:o2:1
# text = Phones read your mind through the screen
1	Phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	read	read	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | Phones | your mind |  | the screen |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Topic |
| 2 | **mind** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The ads more likely came from searches and other data; people still argue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t5:o3:1
# text = The ads more likely came from searches and other data; people still argue
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ads	ad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	searches	search	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	data	data	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
13	still	still	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	argue	argue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | likely | the ads |  | searches and other data |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from search=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | people |  |  |  | still |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It definitely recorded you and sent it to a shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t5:o4:1
# text = It definitely recorded you and sent it to a shop
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	recorded	record	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | past | It | you |  |  |  | definitely *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 2 | **send** | past |  | it |  | a shop |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to shop=Destination |

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