wolfson_124_theconceptual:

"the": cues: short (cut off at glottis), reset to low (from preceding H on "-tivity"), small fall in F0 doesn't sound like L- (sound flat), however, gigantic pause following (could drive a VW through it) could be pre-accentual lengthening, pre-accentual pause
if no pitch accent on "the", then theoretically can't be a 3