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title: phone rings, some guy asks are ur parents home, theyre not — A guest at the table, and manners on t… · tree and pragmatics
description: phone rings, some guy asks are ur parents home, theyre not Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 128 «A guest at the table, and manners on the phone» 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.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
phone rings, some guy asks are ur parents home, theyre not

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** guy, phone rings · **What happens:** ask, be · **To what, where:** phone rings, parents

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 128 «A guest at the table, and manners on the phone» 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/128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t11:1
# text = phone rings, some guy asks are ur parents home, theyre not
1	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
10	home	home	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	theyre	theyre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | some guy | phone rings *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ring=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | phone rings | ur's parents and theyre |  |  |  | home *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Tell him when they'll be back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t11:o1:1
# text = Tell him when they'll be back
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | future | they |  |  |  |  | back *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Give him the address so he can come round and visit later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t11:o2:1
# text = Give him the address so he can come round and visit later
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	round	round	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	visit	visit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | the address | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient address=Theme |
| 2 | **come round** | can | he |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **visit** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Don't say you're alone and never give your address

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t11:o3:1
# text = Don't say you're alone and never give your address
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **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 |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tell him you're home alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t11:o4:1
# text = Tell him you're home alone
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	ccomp	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  | alone *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | home *property* | tree rules |

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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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