--- title: A girl in Seattle is on the phone with 911 and hears the ambulance o… — Calling emergency services well · tree and pragmatics description: A girl in Seattle is on the phone with 911 and hears the ambulance outside. What should she do? 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What should she do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** be, hear, do · **To what, where:** phone, ambulance This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 36 «Calling emergency services well» 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/36-calling-emergency-services/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A girl in Seattle is on the phone with 911 and hears the ambulance outside. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:t4:1 # text = A girl in Seattle is on the phone with 911 and hears the ambulance outside. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Seattle Seattle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 911 911 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 hears hear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 ambulance ambulance NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 outside outside ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a girl in Seattle | | | the phone | | with 911 | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | present | a girl in Seattle *not said here* | the ambulance | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer ambulance=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* What should she do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:t4:2 # 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 _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | should | girl | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Stay on the line until the call taker says she can hang up ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:t4:o1:1 # text = Stay on the line until the call taker says she can hang up 1 Stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 until until SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 taker taker NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the line | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on line=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the call taker | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **hang up** | can | taker | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Hang up at once and run outside to wave at the ambulance ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:t4:o2:1 # text = Hang up at once and run outside to wave at the ambulance 1 Hang hang VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 1 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 outside outside ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 wave wave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ambulance ambulance NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at once=Location | | 2 | **run** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | outside *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **wave** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the ambulance | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at ambulance=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Call her friend to tell her the news ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:t4:o3:1 # text = Call her friend to tell her the news 1 Call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | imperative | you *not said here* | | her friend | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the news | friend | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient news=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Turn off the phone to save battery ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:36-calling-emergency-services:t4:o4:1 # text = Turn off the phone to save battery 1 Turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 battery battery NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn off** | imperative | you *not said here* | the phone | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent phone=Patient | | 2 | **save** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | battery | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Theme | **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. 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