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title: phone rings, guy asks if mum's home (she's not) — Home alone, the door and the phone · tree and pragmatics
description: phone rings, guy asks if mum's home (she's not) Test 15 · ★★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 15 · ★★ · Home alone, the door and the phone

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phone rings, guy asks if mum's home (she's not)

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** guy · **What happens:** ask · **To what, where:** home

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This is test 15 · ★★ 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/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:35-home-alone:t15:1
# text = phone rings, guy asks if mum's home (she's not)
1	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
10	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | guy | mum's home |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ring=Recipient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Say she is out until late

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:35-home-alone:t15:o1:1
# text = Say she is out until late
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	ccomp	_	_
5	until	until	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | out *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Say she cannot come to the phone and take a message

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:35-home-alone:t15:o2:1
# text = Say she cannot come to the phone and take a message
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **come** | can | she |  |  | the phone |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to phone=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **take** | infinitive | she *not said here* | a message |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Give him her work address so he can go and find her there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:35-home-alone:t15:o3:1
# text = Give him her work address so he can go and find her there
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | her work address | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient address=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | can | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **find** | infinitive | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  | there |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic |
| 4 | **address** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tell him you are alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:35-home-alone:t15:o4:1
# text = Tell him you are alone
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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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* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | tree rules |

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