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title: some1 on the phone asking if my parents r home — Phones, visiting friends, presents and… · tree and pragmatics
description: some1 on the phone asking if my parents r home Test 14 · ★ of lesson 222 «Phones, visiting friends, presents and thank-you notes» 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 14 · ★ · Phones, visiting friends, presents and thank-you notes

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some1 on the phone asking if my parents r home

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phone · **What happens:** ask

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 222 «Phones, visiting friends, presents and thank-you notes» 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/222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:t14:1
# text = some1 on the phone asking if my parents r home
1	some1	some1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	r	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	home	home	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | the phone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Hang up and call them back later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:t14:o1:1
# text = Hang up and call them back later
1	Hang	hang	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **call back** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | late *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Say they're out till 9

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:t14:o2:1
# text = Say they're out till 9
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	ccomp	_	_
5	till	till	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	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 | they |  |  |  | till 9 | out *property* | tree rules |

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

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Don't say they're out; take a message or get an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:t14:o3:1
# text = Don't say they're out; take a message or get an adult
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	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	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 | they |  |  |  |  | out *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **take** | infinitive |  | a message |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme |
| 4 | **get** | infinitive |  | a adult |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tell them your address

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:t14:o4:1
# text = Tell them your address
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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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* | your address | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient address=Topic |
| 2 | **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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