--- title: A boy in Wellington wants to fry an egg while his mum is out. What s… — Home alone, keys and garden play · tree and pragmatics description: A boy in Wellington wants to fry an egg while his mum is out. What should he do? Test 8 · ★★ 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Home alone, keys and garden play A boy in Wellington wants to fry an egg while his mum is out. What should he do? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, mum · **What happens:** want, fry, be, do · **To what, where:** egg This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy in Wellington wants to fry an egg while his mum is out. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t8:1 # text = A boy in Wellington wants to fry an egg while his mum is out. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Wellington Wellington PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 fry fry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 while while SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 out out ADV RB _ 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | a boy in Wellington | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **fry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a boy in Wellington *not said here* | a egg | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent egg=Patient | | 3 | **is** | present | boy's mum | | | | | out *property* | 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. *Sentence 2:* What should he do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t8:2 # text = What should he do? 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | should | boy | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Fry it quickly and wash the pan before she gets back home ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t8:o1:1 # text = Fry it quickly and wash the pan before she gets back home 1 Fry fry 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 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 wash wash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pan pan NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 before before SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 11 back back ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 home home ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fry** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | quickly *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **wash** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the pan | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pan=Patient | | 3 | **get back** | present | she | | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Use the oven instead of the hob ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t8:o2:1 # text = Use the oven instead of the hob 1 Use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 oven oven NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 7 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 4 fixed _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hob hob NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | the oven | | | | instead the hob | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oven=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Wait or have a cold snack, unless he is allowed to cook ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t8:o3:1 # text = Wait or have a cold snack, unless he is allowed to cook 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 or or CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 snack snack NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 cook cook VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a cold snack | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snack=Patient | | 3 | **allow** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive | | he | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **cook** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ask a friend to cook it for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play:t8:o4:1 # text = Ask a friend to cook it for him 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 cook cook VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a friend | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **cook** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | friend | | | | for him *= he* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Material for he=Beneficiary | **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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