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description: A girl in Glasgow is home alone when the doorbell rings. A smiling woman says she is collecting money for charity. What should the girl do? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 35 «Home alone, the door and the phone» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Home alone, the door and the phone

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A girl in Glasgow is home alone when the doorbell rings. A smiling woman says she is collecting money for charity. What should the girl do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, smiling woman, woman · **What happens:** be, smile, say, collect, do · **To what, where:** money · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 35 «Home alone, the door and the phone» 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/35-home-alone/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Glasgow is home alone when the doorbell rings.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:35-home-alone:t1:1
# text = A girl in Glasgow is home alone when the doorbell rings.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
6	home	home	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	doorbell	doorbell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	rings	ring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a girl in Glasgow |  |  |  |  | home, ring *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 smiling woman says she is collecting money for charity.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:35-home-alone:t1:2
# text = A smiling woman says she is collecting money for charity.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	smiling	smile	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	amod	_	_
3	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	collecting	collect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
8	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smile** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a smiling woman |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **collect** | present · progressive | woman | money |  |  |  | for charity | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What should the girl do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:35-home-alone:t1:3
# text = What should the girl do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Invite her in while she looks for money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:35-home-alone:t1:o1:1
# text = Invite her in while she looks for money
1	Invite	invite	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invite in** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 2 | **look** | present | she |  |  |  |  | for money | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for money=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tell her she is alone, so the woman will understand and leave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:35-home-alone:t1:o2:1
# text = Tell her she is alone, so the woman will understand and leave
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **understand** | future | the woman |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **leave** | infinitive | the woman *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Not open the door and tell her parents later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:35-home-alone:t1:o3:1
# text = Not open the door and tell her parents later
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	open	open	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	iobj	_	_
9	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | the door |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | her parents |  |  | late *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Open the door and give her some coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:35-home-alone:t1:o4:1
# text = Open the door and give her some coins
1	Open	open	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | the door |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | infinitive | you *not said here* | her coins |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme |
| 3 | **coin** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom coin «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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