--- title: «someone on the video call i don't know keeps asking where i live» W… — Phones and how a call travels · tree and pragmatics description: «someone on the video call i don't know keeps asking where i live» What should you do? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 35 «Phones and how a call travels» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels/t3/) [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/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Phones and how a call travels](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Phones and how a call travels «someone on the video call i don't know keeps asking where i live» What should you do? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** someone, you · **What happens:** not know, keep, ask, live, do · **To what, where:** video call · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 35 «Phones and how a call travels» of the technology 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/technology/35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels:t3:1 # text = «someone on the video call i don't know keeps asking where i live» What should you do? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 11 nsubj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 video video NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 14 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 17 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 obj _ _ 18 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | someone | the video call *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer call=Stimulus | | 2 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | someone | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | gerund | someone *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **live** *in a quote* | present | someone | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **do** | should | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 {#o1} Tell them, they seem friendly ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels:t3:o1:1 # text = Tell them, they seem friendly 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | them *= they* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 2 | **seem** | present | they | | | | | friendly *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} End the call and tell an adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels:t3:o2:1 # text = End the call and tell an adult 1 End end VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | imperative | you *not said here* | the call | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality call=Eventuality | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | a adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Keep chatting and say nothing ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels:t3:o3:1 # text = Keep chatting and say nothing 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 chatting chat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **chat** *speech: other* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ask them where they live first ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels:t3:o4:1 # text = Ask them where they live first 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 5 advmod _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | them *= they* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 2 | **live** | present | they | | | | | first *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «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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