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title: A stranger at the door says he is selling a special prize to lucky f… — Neighbours, deliveries, heating and co… · tree and pragmatics
description: A stranger at the door says he is selling a special prize to lucky families. What is most likely? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 117 «Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 4 · ★ · Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling

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A stranger at the door says he is selling a special prize to lucky families. What is most likely?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stranger · **What happens:** say, sell, be · **To what, where:** special prize, lucky families · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 117 «Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling» 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/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A stranger at the door says he is selling a special prize to lucky families.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:t4:1
# text = A stranger at the door says he is selling a special prize to lucky families.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	ccomp	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a stranger at the door |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sell** | present · progressive | stranger | a special prize | lucky families |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent prize=Theme to family=Recipient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is most likely?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:t4:2
# text = What is most likely?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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It may be a scam, so say no and fetch a grown-up

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:t4:o1:1
# text = It may be a scam, so say no and fetch a grown-up
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	scam	scam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	grown	grown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | may | It | a scam |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fetch** | infinitive |  | a grown up |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent up=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You should let him in to explain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:t4:o2:1
# text = You should let him in to explain
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	explain	explain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let in** | should | You | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He has really picked your family out of the whole street to win

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:t4:o3:1
# text = He has really picked your family out of the whole street to win
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | present · perfect · passive |  | He |  | the whole street |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary family=Theme |
| 2 | **win** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You should give him your parents' bank card

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:t4:o4:1
# text = You should give him your parents' bank card
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | should | You | your parents's bank card | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient card=Theme |

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