--- title: unknown number keeps calling me — Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes… · tree and pragmatics description: unknown number keeps calling me Test 11 · ★ of lesson 297 «Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and quiet places» 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/297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places/t11/) [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/) / [Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and q… unknown number keeps calling me **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** unknown number · **What happens:** keep, call · **To what, where:** me · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 297 «Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and quiet places» 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/297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t11:1 # text = unknown number keeps calling me 1 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 xcomp _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | unknown number | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **call** | gerund | unknown number *not said here* | | me | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | 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} Let a parent answer it or ignore it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t11:o1:1 # text = Let a parent answer it or ignore it 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 ignore ignore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | a parent | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | infinitive | a parent *not said here* | parent | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 3 | **ignore** | infinitive | a parent *not said here* | parent | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Call it back to find out who keeps ringing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t11:o2:1 # text = Call it back to find out who keeps ringing 1 Call call 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 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 find find VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl:relcl _ _ 9 ringing ring VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call back** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | | 2 | **find out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **keep** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **ring** | gerund | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Text them your address to check ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t11:o3:1 # text = Text them your address to check 1 Text text VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 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 _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **text** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **address** | | your | | | | | | nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Answer and give your name ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t11:o4:1 # text = Answer and give your name 1 Answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your name | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | | 3 | **name** | | your | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | **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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