--- title: Why should you take out your earbuds when an adult talks to you? — Greeting adults and teachers · tree and pragmatics description: Why should you take out your earbuds when an adult talks to you? Test 6 of lesson 121 «Greeting adults and teachers» 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/121-greeting-adults-and-teachers/t6/) [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/) / [Greeting adults and teachers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/121-greeting-adults-and-teachers/) / t6 # Test 6 · Greeting adults and teachers Why should you take out your earbuds when an adult talks to you? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, adult · **What happens:** take out, talk · **To what, where:** earbuds, you This is test 6 of lesson 121 «Greeting adults and teachers» 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/121-greeting-adults-and-teachers/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t6:1 # text = Why should you take out your earbuds when an adult talks to you? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 earbuds earbud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 talks talk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take out** | should | you | your earbuds | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earbud=Theme | | 2 | **talk** | present | a adult | | you | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to you=Co-Agent | 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 {#o1} Because it is against school rules everywhere ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t6:o1:1 # text = Because it is against school rules everywhere 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 against against ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | against school rules; everywhere *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It shows you are really listening to them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t6:o2:1 # text = It shows you are really listening to them 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | It | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **listen** | present · progressive | you | | them *= they* | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to they=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Because adults want to borrow them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t6:o3:1 # text = Because adults want to borrow them 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 borrow borrow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | adults | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **borrow** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | adults *not said here* | adults *= adult* | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Because earbuds stop working near adults ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:121-greeting-adults-and-teachers:t6:o4:1 # text = Because earbuds stop working near adults 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 earbuds earbud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | earbuds | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **work** | gerund | earbuds *not said here* | | | | | near adults | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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