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Test 10 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint

It's 1am, thump thump through the wall, Dad goes "right, that's it". What is he most likely about to do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: It, Dad, that · What happens: be, go · To what, where: thump thump, wall, am

This is test 10 of lesson 11 «When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint» of the adult life 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.

The question

Sentence 1: It's 1am, thump thump through the wall, Dad goes "right, that's it".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 thump	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 thump	cop
3	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 am	nummod
4	am	a.m.	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thump	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thump	punct
6	thump	thump	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thump	compound
7	thump	thump	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	through	through	ADP	_	10 wall	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wall	det
10	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thump	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 goes	punct
12	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 goes	nsubj
13	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 thump	conj
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 it	punct
15	right	right	INTJ	_	19 it	discourse
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 it	punct
17	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 it	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 it	cop
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 goes	advcl
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 it	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 thump	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	thump thump		the wall			tree rules
2	go	present	Dad						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a in a quote	present	that	am = a.m.					tree rules

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.

Sentence 2: What is he most likely about to do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 do	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 do	cop
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 do	nsubj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 likely	advmod
5	likely	likely	ADV	_	8 do	advmod
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 do	case
7	to	to	PART	_	8 do	mark
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Dad					do, likely property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Pack the family's bags and move house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pack	pack	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 family	det
3	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bags	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 family	case
5	bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pack	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 move	cc
7	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pack	conj
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 move	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pack	imperative	you not said here	the family's bags					vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bag=Theme
2	move	present	you not said here	house					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Theme

Option 2

Turn on his own music to drown it out forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	5 music	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 music	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 music	amod
5	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turn	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 drown	mark
7	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Turn	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 drown	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	7 drown	compound:prt
10	forever	forever	ADV	_	7 drown	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	imperative	you not said here			his own music			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on music=Trajectory
2	drown out	to-infinitive	you not said here	music				forever property	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

Phone the plumber to fix the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plumber	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 plumber	det
3	plumber	plumber	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fix	mark
5	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 plumber	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fix	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	to-infinitive		the wall					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent wall=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Go and knock next door and ask them to turn it down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 knock	cc
3	knock	knock	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
4	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 door	amod
5	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knock	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ask	cc
7	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ask	iobj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 turn	mark
10	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 ask	xcomp
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 turn	obj
12	down	down	ADP	_	10 turn	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	knock	infinitive	you not said here	next door					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent door=Patient
3	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here		them = they				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
4	turn down not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	door					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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