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title: Finn's mate goes, "your parents arguing about your phone means they'… — When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals… · tree and pragmatics
description: Finn's mate goes, "your parents arguing about your phone means they're splitting up, deffo." ("Deffo" means definitely.) Is that true? Test 6 of lesson 14 «When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big changes» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Test 6 · When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big…

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Finn's mate goes, "your parents arguing about your phone means they're splitting up, deffo." ("Deffo" means definitely.) Is that true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, parents, arguing, Deffo, that · **What happens:** go, argue, mean, split up, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 14 «When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big changes» of the reflection 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/reflection/14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Finn's mate goes, "your parents arguing about your phone means they're splitting up, deffo."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:t6:1
# text = Finn's mate goes, "your parents arguing about your phone means they're splitting up, deffo."
1	Finn	Finn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	arguing	argue	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	csubj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	splitting	split	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	ccomp	_	_
17	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	deffo	deffo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Finn's mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* *in a quote* | gerund | your parents |  |  |  |  | about your phone | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about phone=Topic |
| 3 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | arguing |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **split up** *in a quote* | present · progressive | parents *= parent* |  |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «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:* ("Deffo" means definitely.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:t6:2
# text = ("Deffo" means definitely.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Deffo	Deffo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Deffo |  |  |  |  | definitely *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Is that true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:t6:3
# text = Is that true?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, if the argument is about a phone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, if the argument is about a phone
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the argument |  |  |  |  | about a phone | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No; parents can disagree about rules, that's all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:t6:o2:1
# text = No; parents can disagree about rules, that's all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	disagree	disagree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disagree** | can | parents | all |  |  |  | about rules | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about rule=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, because parents never argue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:t6:o3:1
# text = No, because parents never argue
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	argue	argue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | parents |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes; any argument at all means they'll split up soon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes; any argument at all means they'll split up soon
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	split	split	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | any argument at all |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **split up** | future | they |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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