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title: «my old phone's just junk in the drawer» What is the clever answer? — Phones and computer chips · tree and pragmatics
description: «my old phone's just junk in the drawer» What is the clever answer? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Phones and computer chips» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Phones and computer chips

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«my old phone's just junk in the drawer» What is the clever answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** junk · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** clever answer

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Phones and computer chips» of the technology 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/technology/9-phones-and-computer-chips/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:9-phones-and-computer-chips:t3:1
# text = «my old phone's just junk in the drawer» What is the clever answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	junk	junk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	drawer	drawer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	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	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | my old phone's junk in the drawer | the clever 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Phones left in a drawer slowly recharge themselves and work again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:9-phones-and-computer-chips:t3:o1:1
# text = Phones left in a drawer slowly recharge themselves and work again
1	Phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	drawer	drawer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	recharge	recharge	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	work	work	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle |  | Phones *not said here* |  |  |  | in a drawer *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in drawer=Result |
| 2 | **recharge** | infinitive | Phones | Phones *= phone* |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus themselves=Experiencer |
| 3 | **work** | infinitive | Phones *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It has no metal in it that is worth anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:9-phones-and-computer-chips:t3:o2:1
# text = It has no metal in it that is worth anything
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	expl	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | anything |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Old phones slowly turn back into sand in a drawer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:9-phones-and-computer-chips:t3:o3:1
# text = Old phones slowly turn back into sand in a drawer
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	drawer	drawer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn back** | present | Old phones |  |  | sand |  | in a drawer; slowly *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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It holds metals like gold and copper that recycling can reuse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:9-phones-and-computer-chips:t3:o4:1
# text = It holds metals like gold and copper that recycling can reuse
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	metals	metal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	recycling	recycling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	reuse	reuse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | It | metals |  |  |  | like gold and copper | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metal=Theme |
| 2 | **reuse** | can | recycling | copper *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copper=Asset |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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