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title: A family in Sydney has escaped a fire. Who calls 000, and from where? — Fire at home · tree and pragmatics
description: A family in Sydney has escaped a fire. Who calls 000, and from where? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 34 «Fire at home» 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 6 · ★ · Fire at home

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A family in Sydney has escaped a fire. Who calls 000, and from where?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family · **What happens:** escape, call · **To what, where:** fire, 000 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 34 «Fire at home» 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/34-fire-at-home/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A family in Sydney has escaped a fire.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t6:1
# text = A family in Sydney has escaped a fire.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	escaped	escape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | present · perfect | a family in Sydney | a fire |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fire=Initial\_Location |

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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:* Who calls 000, and from where?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t6:2
# text = Who calls 000, and from where?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	000	000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present |  | 000 |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 000=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The parent, after going back for the phone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t6:o1:1
# text = The parent, after going back for the phone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | gerund | the parent *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the phone | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The youngest child, from inside the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t6:o2:1
# text = The youngest child, from inside the house
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Nobody, the alarm calls the brigade by itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t6:o3:1
# text = Nobody, the alarm calls the brigade by itself
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	brigade	brigade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | Nobody | the brigade |  |  |  | by alarm | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brigade=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Anyone safe outside, using a phone out there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t6:o4:1
# text = Anyone safe outside, using a phone out there
1	Anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
3	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund |  | a phone |  | there |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient |

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