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title: Why might one family let a 10-year-old stay home alone and another f… — Home alone, keys and garden play · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might one family let a 10-year-old stay home alone and another family not? Test 2 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Home alone, keys and garden play

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Why might one family let a 10-year-old stay home alone and another family not?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** one family, year old · **What happens:** not let, stay

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t2:1
# text = Why might one family let a 10-year-old stay home alone and another family not?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
7	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	nsubj	_	_
12	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
13	home	home	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
17	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
18	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **let** | might | one family |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stay** | present | a year old |  |  |  |  | alone, home *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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All families everywhere must follow exactly the same rule on this by law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t2:o1:1
# text = All families everywhere must follow exactly the same rule on this by law
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nmod	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | must | all families | the same rule |  | this |  | by law; everywhere *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rule=Theme by law=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Children who can cook may always stay alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t2:o2:1
# text = Children who can cook may always stay alone
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cook	cook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | can | Children |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stay** | may | Children |  |  |  |  | alone, always *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Laws and advice differ by place, and grown-ups decide for each child

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t2:o3:1
# text = Laws and advice differ by place, and grown-ups decide for each child
1	Laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	differ	differ	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	decide	decide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **differ** | present | Laws and advice |  |  |  |  | by place | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **decide** | present | grown ups |  |  |  |  | for each child | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It depends only on how tall the child is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t2:o4:1
# text = It depends only on how tall the child is
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	depends	depend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depend** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | tall *property* | tree rules |

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