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title: A woman at the school gate in Manchester says, "Your mum sent me to… — Teachers, visitors and the playground · tree and pragmatics
description: A woman at the school gate in Manchester says, "Your mum sent me to collect you", but she has no badge and you do not know her. What do you do? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 257 «Teachers, visitors and the playground» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 1 · ★ · Teachers, visitors and the playground

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A woman at the school gate in Manchester says, "Your mum sent me to collect you", but she has no badge and you do not know her. What do you do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** woman, mum, you · **What happens:** say, send, collect, have, not know, do · **To what, where:** woman, you, badge, mum · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 257 «Teachers, visitors and the playground» 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/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A woman at the school gate in Manchester says, "Your mum sent me to collect you", but she has no badge and you do not know her.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t1:1
# text = A woman at the school gate in Manchester says, "Your mum sent me to collect you", but she has no badge and you do not know her.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Manchester	Manchester	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
15	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	collect	collect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
18	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
24	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	25	det	_	_
25	badge	badge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
27	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
28	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
29	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	30	advmod	_	_
30	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	conj	_	_
31	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a woman at the school gate in Manchester |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **send** *in a quote* | past | Your mum | a woman at the school gate in Manchester *= woman* |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 3 | **collect** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Your mum *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 4 | **have** | present | mum | no badge |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent badge=Patient |
| 5 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | you | mum |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

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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 do you do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t1:2
# text = What do you do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	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 | **do** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Go with her, since she knows about your mum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t1:o1:1
# text = Go with her, since she knows about your mum
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with her *= she* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with she=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **know** | present | she |  |  |  |  | about your mum | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about mum=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait alone at the gate with her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t1:o2:1
# text = Wait alone at the gate with her
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the gate |  | with her *= she*; alone *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at gate=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Do not go with her and tell a teacher at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t1:o3:1
# text = Do not go with her and tell a teacher at once
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with her *= she* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with she=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | a teacher |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ask her to buy you a snack first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground:t1:o4:1
# text = Ask her to buy you a snack first
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	snack	snack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **buy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a snack | you |  |  | first *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary snack=Theme |

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