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title: Ethan swings a door open fast and hits his friend. What should he do… — Baths, water at home and doors · tree and pragmatics
description: Ethan swings a door open fast and hits his friend. What should he do next time? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 109 «Baths, water at home and doors» 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 6 · ★ · Baths, water at home and doors

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ethan swings a door open fast and hits his friend. What should he do next time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ethan · **What happens:** swing, hit, do · **To what, where:** door, friend

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 109 «Baths, water at home and doors» 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/109-baths-water-and-doors/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ethan swings a door open fast and hits his friend.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t6:1
# text = Ethan swings a door open fast and hits his friend.
1	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swings	swing	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	hits	hit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swing** | present | Ethan | a door |  |  |  | fast, open *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent door=Theme |
| 2 | **hit** | present | Ethan *not said here* | Ethan's friend |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme friend=Co-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:* What should he do next time?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t6:2
# text = What should he do next time?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Run through every door quickly so that it shuts fast behind him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t6:o1:1
# text = Run through every door quickly so that it shuts fast behind him
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	9	mark	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	shuts	shut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
10	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
11	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | every door |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through door=Trajectory |
| 2 | **shut** | present | door |  |  |  |  | behind him *= he*; fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Open doors only with his foot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t6:o2:1
# text = Open doors only with his foot
1	Open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Open doors slowly and look through any glass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t6:o3:1
# text = Open doors slowly and look through any glass
1	Open	open	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | doors |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | through any glass | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through glass=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Shout before opening every door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t6:o4:1
# text = Shout before opening every door
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	opening	open	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **open** | gerund | you *not said here* | every door |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |

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