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title: A boy in Cork, Ireland, sees smoke pouring out of a neighbour's kitc… — Trusted adults and asking for help · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Cork, Ireland, sees smoke pouring out of a neighbour's kitchen window. What number should he ask an adult to call, or call himself? Test 1 of lesson 56 «Trusted adults and asking for help» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 1 · Trusted adults and asking for help

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A boy in Cork, Ireland, sees smoke pouring out of a neighbour's kitchen window. What number should he ask an adult to call, or call himself?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, smoke, number · **What happens:** see, pour out, ask, call · **To what, where:** smoke, kitchen window, adult · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 56 «Trusted adults and asking for help» 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/56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Cork, Ireland, sees smoke pouring out of a neighbour's kitchen window.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t1:1
# text = A boy in Cork, Ireland, sees smoke pouring out of a neighbour's kitchen window.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Cork	Cork	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	pouring	pour	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | a boy in Cork and Ireland | smoke |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smoke=Stimulus |
| 2 | **pour out** | gerund | smoke *not said here* | a neighbour's kitchen window |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Patient |

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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:* What number should he ask an adult to call, or call himself?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t1:2
# text = What number should he ask an adult to call, or call himself?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obl	_	_
2	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
13	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | should | number |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **call** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | number *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **call** | infinitive | number *not said here* | adult |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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111

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t1:o1:1
# text = 111
1	111	111	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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999

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t1:o2:1
# text = 999
1	999	999	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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000

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t1:o3:1
# text = 000
1	000	000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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911

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t1:o4:1
# text = 911
1	911	911	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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