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title: my cousin reckons a man said he was from the gas company n robbed a… — Home alone, keys and garden play · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin reckons a man said he was from the gas company n robbed a kid home alone, so never open the door. real lesson? Test 18 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 18 · ★★ · Home alone, keys and garden play

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my cousin reckons a man said he was from the gas company n robbed a kid home alone, so never open the door. real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, man · **What happens:** reckon, say, be, not open · **To what, where:** real lesson, company n, door · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t18:1
# text = my cousin reckons a man said he was from the gas company n robbed a kid home alone, so never open the door. real lesson?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	n	n	NOUN	NN	_	14	obl	_	_
14	robbed	rob	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	home	home	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
18	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
21	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
22	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
26	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | my cousin | real lesson |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent lesson=Attribute |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a man |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | past | man |  |  | the company n |  | alone, home, rob *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **open** | infinitive | a man *not said here* | the 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Do not open the door when alone; call a parent instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t18:o1:1
# text = Do not open the door when alone; call a parent instead
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	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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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* |  | a parent |  |  | instead *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Open it if the man shows any card

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t18:o2:1
# text = Open it if the man shows any card
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	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	card	card	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 |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **show** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the man | any card |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent card=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Open it if he sounds friendly, polite and knows your mum's name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t18:o3:1
# text = Open it if he sounds friendly, polite and knows your mum's name
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	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	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 |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **sound** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he |  |  |  |  | friendly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **know** | present | he *not said here* | your mum's name |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus |
| 4 | **name** |  | your mum |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Open it if he says it is an emergency

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t18:o4:1
# text = Open it if he says it is an emergency
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	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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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 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | it | a emergency |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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