--- title: "Seven hours on screens a day?! Tom, you're glued to that thing." Th… — "Crime is up, I saw it on the news" · tree and pragmatics description: "Seven hours on screens a day?! Tom, you're glued to that thing." The number includes the whiteboard at school. What should Mum do? 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What should Mum do? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** number, Mum · **What happens:** glue, include, do · **To what, where:** Tom, whiteboard, school This is test 10 of lesson 177 «"Crime is up, I saw it on the news"» of the world 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/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "Seven hours on screens a day?! ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t10:1 # text = "Seven hours on screens a day?! 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 screens screen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ?! ?! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Tom, you're glued to that thing." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t10:2 # text = Tom, you're glued to that thing." 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 glued glue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glue** | present · passive | | Tom | | | | to that thing | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to thing=Co-Patient | *Sentence 3:* The number includes the whiteboard at school. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t10:3 # text = The number includes the whiteboard at school. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 includes include VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 whiteboard whiteboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **include** | present | the number | the whiteboard | | school | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent whiteboard=Theme at school=Location | *Sentence 4:* What should Mum do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t10:4 # text = What should Mum do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Mum Mum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | should | Mum | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Count only the hours Tom spends on his own phone ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t10:o1:1 # text = Count only the hours Tom spends on his own phone 1 Count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 compound _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 spends spend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **spend** | present | the Count hours | | | | | on Tom's own phone *goal* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent on phone=Goal | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Read past the headline to see what was counted ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t10:o2:1 # text = Read past the headline to see what was counted 1 Read read VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 past past ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 headline headline NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 counted count VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | past the headline | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **count** | past · passive | | | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Believe the headline number exactly as it is printed ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t10:o3:1 # text = Believe the headline number exactly as it is printed 1 Believe believe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 headline headline NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the headline number | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer number=Stimulus | | 2 | **print** | present · passive | | number | | | | exactly *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Ban the whiteboard at school so the number goes down ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t10:o4:1 # text = Ban the whiteboard at school so the number goes down 1 Ban ban VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 whiteboard whiteboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 so so SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 10 down down ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ban** | imperative | you *not said here* | the whiteboard | | school | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer whiteboard=Theme | | 2 | **go down** | present | the number | | | | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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. 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