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title: A girl's grandma is very late for pick-up. A man she does not know s… — Breakfast, the register, the timetable… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl's grandma is very late for pick-up. A man she does not know says, «Your grandma sent me». What should she do? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 329 «Breakfast, the register, the timetable, corridors, earthquake drills, pick-up, phones, tidy desks, homework and group work» of the everyday course of Mova's 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Breakfast, the register, the timetable, corridors, earthqu…

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A girl's grandma is very late for pick-up. A man she does not know says, «Your grandma sent me». What should she do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grandma, girl, man · **What happens:** be, not know, say, send, do · **To what, where:** man · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 329 «Breakfast, the register, the timetable, corridors, earthquake drills, pick-up, phones, tidy desks, homework and group work» 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/329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl's grandma is very late for pick-up.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t5:1
# text = A girl's grandma is very late for pick-up.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	pick	pick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a girl's grandma |  |  |  |  | for pick up; late *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:* A man she does not know says, «Your grandma sent me».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t5:2
# text = A man she does not know says, «Your grandma sent me».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
13	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | girl | a man *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a man |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **send** *in a quote* | past | Your grandma | a man *= man* |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What should she do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t5:3
# text = What should she do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|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** | should | grandma |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Go with him, because he knows about grandma and sounds friendly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t5:o1:1
# text = Go with him, because he knows about grandma and sounds friendly
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	_	9	case	_	_
9	grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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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 him *= he* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **know** | present | he |  |  |  |  | about grandma | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about grandma=Stimulus |
| 3 | **sound** | present | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | friendly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Go back into the school office and tell a teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t5:o2:1
# text = Go back into the school office and tell a teacher
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	into	into	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	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the school office |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 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 3 {#o3}

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Wait outside the gate with him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t5:o3:1
# text = Wait outside the gate with him
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|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 him *= he* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside gate=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Walk home alone instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t5:o4:1
# text = Walk home alone instead
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone, home, instead *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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