--- title: Why does a doorbell camera ring the phone even before the button is… — Electricity at home: switches, plugs,… · tree and pragmatics description: Why does a doorbell camera ring the phone even before the button is pressed? 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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/technology/14-electricity-at-home/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:14-electricity-at-home:t10:1 # text = Why does a doorbell camera ring the phone even before the button is pressed? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 doorbell doorbell NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 camera camera NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 ring ring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 even even ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 10 before before SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 button button NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 pressed press VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** | present · do-support | a doorbell camera | the phone | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location phone=Theme | | 2 | **press** | present · passive | | the button | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} It is connected to the street lights outside the house ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:14-electricity-at-home:t10:o1:1 # text = It is connected to the street lights outside the house 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 connected connect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 outside outside ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **connect** | present · passive | | It | | | | to the street lights outside the house | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to light=Co-Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It sensed someone moving near the door ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:14-electricity-at-home:t10:o2:1 # text = It sensed someone moving near the door 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sensed sense VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 4 moving move VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sense** | past | It | someone | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus | | 2 | **move** | gerund | | | | the door | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme near door=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} It guesses when visitors come ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:14-electricity-at-home:t10:o3:1 # text = It guesses when visitors come 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 guesses guess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 visitors visitor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** | present | It | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** | present | visitors | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It hears footsteps from far away ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:14-electricity-at-home:t10:o4:1 # text = It hears footsteps from far away 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hears hear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 footsteps footstep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | present | It | footsteps | | | | away *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer footstep=Stimulus | **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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