---
title: Mum's text: «WHERE ARE YOU. you were meant to be home at 5. ring me… — Staying up, screens and coming home late · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum's text: «WHERE ARE YOU. you were meant to be home at 5. ring me NOW». What should Isla do? Test 2 of lesson 348 «Staying up, screens and coming home late» 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 wa
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/t2/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Staying up, screens and coming home late](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/) / t2

# Test 2 · Staying up, screens and coming home late

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum's text: «WHERE ARE YOU. you were meant to be home at 5. ring me NOW». What should Isla do?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** text, Isla · **What happens:** mean, be, ring, do · **To what, where:** you, 5, me

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 2 of lesson 348 «Staying up, screens and coming home late» 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/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/#t2).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Mum's text: «WHERE ARE YOU. you were meant to be home at 5. ring me NOW».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late:t2:1
# text = Mum's text: «WHERE ARE YOU. you were meant to be home at 5. ring me NOW».
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	WHERE	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	12	advmod	_	_
7	ARE	are	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	YOU	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
15	home	home	ADV	RB	_	12	xcomp	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
19	ring	ring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
20	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	NOW	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** *in a quote* | past · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | 5 |  | home *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **ring** *in a quote* | infinitive | Mum's text | me |  |  | now |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location i=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* What should Isla do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late:t2:2
# text = What should Isla do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Isla	Isla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | Isla |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Text «chill»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late:t2:o1:1
# text = Text «chill»
1	Text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	chill	chill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Switch the phone off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late:t2:o2:1
# text = Switch the phone off
1	Switch	switch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch off** | imperative | you *not said here* | the phone |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ring at once, say where she is and come home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late:t2:o3:1
# text = Ring at once, say where she is and come home
1	Ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Ring |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **be** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **come** | infinitive | Ring *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait till she gets home to explain it all properly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late:t2:o4:1
# text = Wait till she gets home to explain it all properly
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	explain	explain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
10	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | she |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **explain** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Staying up, screens and coming home late, test 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/t1/)
- next →: [Staying up, screens and coming home late, test 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/t3/)
- ↑ back to [Staying up, screens and coming home late](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/)