If fī al-dāri Zaydun merely answers “Where is Zayd?”, which reading is more cautious?

Delaying and Fronting the Predicate: Restriction, Emphasis, and Anticipation

• It necessarily excludes every other person from the house
• It can supply location without necessarily implying exclusivity
• Its predicate must be omitted
• Zayd must be parsed as a past-tense verb