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title: ★★ The old man warned «never open the red door». Halfway through, Li… — Prediction: what happens next · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★ The old man warned «never open the red door». Halfway through, Lily throws the key into the sea. What should a good reader do? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 19 «Prediction: what happens next» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 4 · ★ · Prediction: what happens next

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★★ The old man warned «never open the red door». Halfway through, Lily throws the key into the sea. What should a good reader do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, old man, Lily, good reader · **What happens:** ★, warn, not open, throw, do · **To what, where:** red door, key, sea · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 19 «Prediction: what happens next» of the English 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/english/19-prediction-what-happens-next/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★ The old man warned «never open the red door».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t4:1
# text = ★★ The old man warned «never open the red door».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **★** | present | ★ |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | the old man |  |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **open** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the red door |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |

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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:* Halfway through, Lily throws the key into the sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t4:2
# text = Halfway through, Lily throws the key into the sea.
1	Halfway	halfway	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	through	through	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	throws	throw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | present | Lily | the key |  |  |  | into the sea *result*; through *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer key=Theme into sea=Result |

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*Sentence 3:* What should a good reader do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t4:3
# text = What should a good reader do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reader	reader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | a good reader |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Start the book again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t4:o1:1
# text = Start the book again
1	Start	start	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | imperative | you *not said here* | the book |  |  | again |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Stop reading

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t4:o2:1
# text = Stop reading
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | reading |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality reading=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Keep the old prediction, whatever happens in the story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t4:o3:1
# text = Keep the old prediction, whatever happens in the story
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	prediction	prediction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the old prediction |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prediction=Theme |
| 2 | **happen** | present | whatever |  |  | the story |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in story=Location |

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

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Revise the prediction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:19-prediction-what-happens-next:t4:o4:1
# text = Revise the prediction
1	Revise	revise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prediction	prediction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **revise** | imperative | you *not said here* | the prediction |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent prediction=Patient |

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