--- title: home alone, man at the door says he's from the gas — Home alone, keys and garden play · tree and pragmatics description: home alone, man at the door says he's from the gas Test 14 · ★★ of lesson 116 «Home alone, keys and garden play» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/t14/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Home alone, keys and garden play](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★★ · Home alone, keys and garden play home alone, man at the door says he's from the gas **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** home, man · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** gas · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 116 «Home alone, keys and garden play» 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/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t14:1 # text = home alone, man at the door says he's from the gas 1 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 2 alone alone ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 gas gas NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | home and man at the door | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | man | | | the gas | | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Open a bit to see ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t14:o1:1 # text = Open a bit to see 1 Open open VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | a bit | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bit=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Don't open, say a parent is busy, call your parent ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t14:o2:1 # text = Don't open, say a parent is busy, call your parent 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 open open VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **open** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | a parent | | | | | busy *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **call** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | your parent | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Let him in, he has a badge ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t14:o3:1 # text = Let him in, he has a badge 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 ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 badge badge NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let in** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **have** | present | he | a badge | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent badge=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ask him to wait inside the hall while you phone your mum ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t14:o4:1 # text = Ask him to wait inside the hall while you phone your mum 1 Ask ask 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 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 inside inside ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 while while SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 phone phone VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 11 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **wait** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the hall | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside hall=Location | | 3 | **phone** | present | you | | your mum | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient | **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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