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title: home alone 20 min, someone knocking, says hes the plumber — Responsibility, independence and curio… · tree and pragmatics
description: home alone 20 min, someone knocking, says hes the plumber Test 12 · ★ of lesson 101 «Responsibility, independence and curiosity» of the everyday 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 12 · ★ · Responsibility, independence and curiosity

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home alone 20 min, someone knocking, says hes the plumber

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** home · **What happens:** knock, say · **To what, where:** hes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 101 «Responsibility, independence and curiosity» of the everyday 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/everyday/101-responsibility-independence-curiosity/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:t12:1
# text = home alone 20 min, someone knocking, says hes the plumber
1	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	min	minute	NOUN	NNS	Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	appos	_	_
7	knocking	knock	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	hes	he	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	plumber	plumber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | home and 20 min | hes |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme plumber=Manner |

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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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Open it, plumbers are safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:t12:o1:1
# text = Open it, plumbers are safe
1	Open	open	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	plumbers	plumber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | plumbers |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Let him in if he sounds kind and says mum sent him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:t12:o2:1
# text = Let him in if he sounds kind and says mum sent him
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **sound** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **send** | past | mum | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Open it a bit to see his face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:t12:o3:1
# text = Open it a bit to see his face
1	Open	open	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | a bit *obl:unmarked* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | his face |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus |

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

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Do not open the door, call your parents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:t12:o4:1
# text = Do not open the door, call your parents
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	open	open	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **open** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | the door |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | your parents |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |

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