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title: On Halloween a house is completely dark. What do trick-or-treaters do? — Holidays of the region · tree and pragmatics
description: On Halloween a house is completely dark. What do trick-or-treaters do? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 265 «Holidays of the region» 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 4 · ★ · Holidays of the region

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On Halloween a house is completely dark. What do trick-or-treaters do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** house, treaters · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** Halloween, trick

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 265 «Holidays of the region» 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/265-holidays-of-the-region/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* On Halloween a house is completely dark.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t4:1
# text = On Halloween a house is completely dark.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Halloween	Halloween	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a house |  |  | Halloween |  | completely, dark *property* | tree rules |

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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 trick-or-treaters do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t4:2
# text = What do trick-or-treaters do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
3	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	treaters	treater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | trick |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present | treaters |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Knock loudly until someone answers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t4:o1:1
# text = Knock loudly until someone answers
1	Knock	knock	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nsubj	_	_
5	answers	answer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Look through the windows for sweets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t4:o2:1
# text = Look through the windows for sweets
1	Look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the windows |  | for sweets | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent through window=Location for sweet=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Leave a trick because there were no treats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t4:o3:1
# text = Leave a trick because there were no treats
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	6	expl	_	_
6	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	treats	treat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | a trick |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | past | no treats |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Skip it and go to a house with lights on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t4:o4:1
# text = Skip it and go to a house with lights on
1	Skip	skip	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skip** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | a house |  | with lights | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location |

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