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title: A boy in Atlanta calls his aunt from a noisy, dark room while eating… — Video calls and visiting a friend's ho… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Atlanta calls his aunt from a noisy, dark room while eating crisps. What should he change? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 129 «Video calls and visiting a friend's house» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Video calls and visiting a friend's house

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A boy in Atlanta calls his aunt from a noisy, dark room while eating crisps. What should he change?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** call, eat, change · **To what, where:** aunt, noisy dark room, crisps · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 129 «Video calls and visiting a friend's house» 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/129-video-calls-and-visiting-friends/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Atlanta calls his aunt from a noisy, dark room while eating crisps.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:129-video-calls-and-visiting-friends:t1:1
# text = A boy in Atlanta calls his aunt from a noisy, dark room while eating crisps.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Atlanta	Atlanta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
16	crisps	crisp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | a boy in Atlanta | boy's aunt |  | a noisy dark room |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent aunt=Theme from room=Source |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund | a boy in Atlanta *not said here* | crisps |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crisp=Patient |

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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 should he change?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:129-video-calls-and-visiting-friends:t1:2
# text = What should he change?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **change** | should | boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

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

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Go somewhere quiet and bright and stop eating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:129-video-calls-and-visiting-friends:t1:o1:1
# text = Go somewhere quiet and bright and stop eating
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	1	advmod	_	_
3	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quiet, somewhere *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **eat** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Turn up the volume and keep eating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:129-video-calls-and-visiting-friends:t1:o2:1
# text = Turn up the volume and keep eating
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	volume	volume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the volume |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location volume=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **eat** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Call from the car while driving around

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:129-video-calls-and-visiting-friends:t1:o3:1
# text = Call from the car while driving around
1	Call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	around	around	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the car |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from car=Source |
| 2 | **drive around** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | around *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Switch off the camera and talk louder so they can hear over the noise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:129-video-calls-and-visiting-friends:t1:o4:1
# text = Switch off the camera and talk louder so they can hear over the noise
1	Switch	switch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	camera	camera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	talk	talk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	louder	loud	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
12	over	over	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch off** | imperative | you *not said here* | the camera |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camera=Patient |
| 2 | **talk** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hear** | can | they |  |  | the noise |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |

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