--- title: he called me over to his car window, said its ok im a teacher — Strangers and tricky people · tree and pragmatics description: he called me over to his car window, said its ok im a teacher Test 13 · ★★ of lesson 58 «Strangers and tricky people» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/58-strangers-and-tricky-people/t13/) [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/) / [Strangers and tricky people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/58-strangers-and-tricky-people/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★★ · Strangers and tricky people he called me over to his car window, said its ok im a teacher **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** call over, say · **To what, where:** me, car window, ok · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 58 «Strangers and tricky people» 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/58-strangers-and-tricky-people/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t13:1 # text = he called me over to his car window, said its ok im a teacher 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 over over ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 ok ok ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 obj _ _ 13 im im ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call over** *speech: assert* | past | he | me | his car window | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Topic to window=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he *not said here* | window's ok | | | | im a teacher | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ok=Topic | 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} Lean in the window to be polite ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t13:o1:1 # text = Lean in the window to be polite 1 Lean lean VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lean** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the window | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in window=Location | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | polite *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Go over because teachers are always safe people ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t13:o2:1 # text = Go over because teachers are always safe people 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 over over ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 7 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go over** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | over *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | teachers | safe people | | | | always *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Walk right up to hear him better ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t13:o3:1 # text = Walk right up to hear him better 1 Walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 right right ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 up up ADP IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | right *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | well *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Stay more than an arm's length away and go ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t13:o4:1 # text = Stay more than an arm's length away and go 1 Stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 obj _ _ 3 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* | more | | | | away *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme more=Location | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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