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# Exam question 2 · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone

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It is given that a caller unknown to you asks whether your parents are at home. Select the response consistent with safety.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** caller, parents, you · **What happens:** give, ask, be, select · **To what, where:** It, home, response · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 128 «A guest at the table, and manners on the phone» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a caller unknown to you asks whether your parents are at home.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:e2:1
# text = It is given that a caller unknown to you asks whether your parents are at home.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	caller	caller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	unknown	unknown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a caller |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | your parents |  |  | home |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Select the response consistent with safety.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:e2:2
# text = Select the response consistent with safety.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Say the whole family is away for the week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:e2:o1:1
# text = Say the whole family is away for the week
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	ccomp	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the whole family |  |  |  | week | away *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ask the caller to come round in person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:e2:o2:1
# text = Ask the caller to come round in person
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	caller	caller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	round	round	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | the caller |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent caller=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come round** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the caller *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in person; round *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in person=Location |

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

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Say your parent is busy and cannot come to the phone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:e2:o3:1
# text = Say your parent is busy and cannot come to the phone
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | your parent |  |  |  |  | busy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **come** | can | your parent *not said here* |  |  | the phone |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to phone=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Say you are home alone and give your address

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:e2:o4:1
# text = Say you are home alone and give your address
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | alone, home *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **give** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your address |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent address=Theme |
| 4 | **address** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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