--- title: Mum, on the doorstep: «Ambulance at the Lawsons' at six, hope it's n… — Our street: who parked where and who w… · tree and pragmatics description: Mum, on the doorstep: «Ambulance at the Lawsons' at six, hope it's not the baby.» What's the best thing for the street to do? Test 2 of lesson 41 «Our street: who parked where and who won what» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Our street: who parked where and who w…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/) / t2 # Test 2 · Our street: who parked where and who won what Mum, on the doorstep: «Ambulance at the Lawsons' at six, hope it's not the baby.» What's the best thing for the street to do? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum, Ambulance, best thing · **What happens:** hope, not be, be, do · **To what, where:** baby · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 of lesson 41 «Our street: who parked where and who won what» of the adult life 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/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum, on the doorstep: «Ambulance at the Lawsons' at six, hope it's not the baby.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what:t2:1 # text = Mum, on the doorstep: «Ambulance at the Lawsons' at six, hope it's not the baby.» 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 doorstep doorstep NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Ambulance ambulance NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Lawsons Lawson PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ' 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 16 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 » » PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hope** *in a quote* | present | Mum and the doorstep and Ambulance at the Lawsons at six | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | Ambulance | the baby | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's the best thing for the street to do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what:t2:2 # text = What's the best thing for the street to do? 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the best thing for the street | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the best thing for the street *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Phone the hospital to find out more ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what:t2:o1:1 # text = Phone the hospital to find out more 1 Phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hospital hospital NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find out** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Offer help and wait for the family's news ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what:t2:o2:1 # text = Offer help and wait for the family's news 1 Offer offer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 wait wait VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | imperative | you *not said here* | help | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent help=Theme | | 2 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | for the family's news | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Knock and ask what is wrong with the baby ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what:t2:o3:1 # text = Knock and ask what is wrong with the baby 1 Knock knock VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **knock** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | with the baby; wrong *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Text round that the baby is very ill ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what:t2:o4:1 # text = Text round that the baby is very ill 1 Text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 2 round round ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 2 fixed _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Text round the baby | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | **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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