--- title: Why is it important to close the front door when you come in? — Home alone, keys and garden play · tree and pragmatics description: Why is it important to close the front door when you come in? Test 7 · ★★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · Home alone, keys and garden play Why is it important to close the front door when you come in? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** be, close, come in · **To what, where:** front door This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t7:1 # text = Why is it important to close the front door when you come in? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 4 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 close close VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 csubj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 13 in in ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | important *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **close** | to-infinitive | | the front door | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 3 | **come in** | present | you | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} The door gets cold in winter and the wood starts to crack ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t7:o1:1 # text = The door gets cold in winter and the wood starts to crack 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 starts start VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 crack crack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | the door | | | | winter | cold *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **start** | present | the wood | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **crack** | to-infinitive | the wood *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Doors close by themselves anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t7:o2:1 # text = Doors close by themselves anyway 1 Doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 close close VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obl _ _ 5 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | present | Doors | | | | | by Doors *= door*; anyway *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Pets can escape and strangers could walk in ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t7:o3:1 # text = Pets can escape and strangers could walk in 1 Pets pet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 in in ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **escape** | can | Pets | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **walk in** | could | strangers | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It stops the post from arriving ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t7:o4:1 # text = It stops the post from arriving 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 post post NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 arriving arrive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | It | the post | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality post=Eventuality | | 2 | **arrive** | gerund | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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