--- title: Why should children never tell an unknown caller that they are home… — A guest at the table, and manners on t… · tree and pragmatics description: Why should children never tell an unknown caller that they are home alone? Test 2 · ★★ 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone/t2/) [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/) / [A guest at the table, and manners on t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone Why should children never tell an unknown caller that they are home alone? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** children · **What happens:** not tell, be · **To what, where:** unknown caller · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t2:1 # text = Why should children never tell an unknown caller that they are home alone? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 caller caller NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 home home ADV RB _ 5 ccomp _ _ 13 alone alone ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | should | children | a unknown caller | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent caller=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | children *= child* | | | | | alone, home *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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Because it costs more to call children ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t2:o1:1 # text = Because it costs more to call children 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 costs cost VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cost** | present | it | more | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value | | 2 | **call** | to-infinitive | | | children | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Because callers cannot hear children well ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t2:o2:1 # text = Because callers cannot hear children well 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 callers caller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hear** | can | callers | children | | | | well *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Because it is boring for the caller ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t2:o3:1 # text = Because it is boring for the caller 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 boring boring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 caller caller NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | for the caller; boring *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Keeping that private keeps them safe ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t2:o4:1 # text = Keeping that private keeps them safe 1 Keeping keep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 3 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 4 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | gerund | | | | | | private *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **keep** | present | Keeping | them *= they* | | | | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | **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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