--- title: Why must Kai tell his mum before going to a friend's house? — Phones, visiting friends, presents and… · tree and pragmatics description: Why must Kai tell his mum before going to a friend's house? Test 15 · ★ 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes/t15/) [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/) / [Phones, visiting friends, presents and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Phones, visiting friends, presents and thank-you notes Why must Kai tell his mum before going to a friend's house? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kai · **What happens:** tell, go · **To what, where:** mum, house · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 15 · ★ 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:t15:1 # text = Why must Kai tell his mum before going to a friend's house? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 before before SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | must | Kai | | Kai's mum | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient | | 2 | **go** | gerund | Kai *not said here* | | | a friend's house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} So she knows where he is if something goes wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:t15:o1:1 # text = So she knows where he is if something goes wrong 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 6 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 9 nsubj _ _ 9 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | she | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **be** | present | he | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | something | | | | | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Mums like knowing everything ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:t15:o2:1 # text = Mums like knowing everything 1 Mums mum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 like like SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 3 knowing know VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 4 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | gerund | Mums *not said here* | everything | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is only a rule for weekends ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:t15:o3:1 # text = It is only a rule for weekends 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 weekends weekend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a rule | | | weekend | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} So she can buy a present ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:t15:o4:1 # text = So she can buy a present 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | can | she | a present | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=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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