Test 12 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint

Which of these is a job the landlord, not the tenant, is supposed to sort out?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, suppose, sort out · To what, where: job

This is test 12 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 job	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	6 job	case
3	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	6 job	det
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 job	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 job	det
6	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 supposed	nsubj:pass
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 landlord	det
8	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 job	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tenant	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 tenant	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tenant	det
12	tenant	tenant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 landlord	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 job	punct
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 supposed	aux:pass
15	supposed	suppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
16	to	to	PART	_	17 sort	mark
17	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 supposed	xcomp
18	out	out	ADP	_	17 sort	compound:prt
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 supposed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present		of this job	tree rules
2	suppose	present · passive	this job		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme
3	sort out	to-infinitive			vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Fixing the damp and the broken heating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fixing	fix	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 damp	det
3	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Fixing	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 heating	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 heating	det
6	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 heating	amod
7	heating	heating	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fixing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	gerund		the damp					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent damp=Patient
2	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Choosing the paint colour in the kids' room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Choosing	choose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 colour	det
3	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 colour	compound
4	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Choosing	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 room	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kids	det
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 room	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 kids	case
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Choosing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	gerund		the paint colour		the kids's room			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Theme

Option 3

Taking the bins out on bin night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bins	det
3	bins	bin	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Taking	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	1 Taking	compound:prt
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 night	case
6	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 night	compound
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Taking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take out	gerund		the bins			night		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bin=Theme

Option 4

Washing up after tea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Washing	compound:prt
3	after	after	ADP	_	4 tea	case
4	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Washing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash up	gerund					after tea		vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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