Test 5 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint

bloody builders said 2 weeks, it's been 5 and we're STILL eating chips out of paper. what's going on

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bloody builders, it, we · What happens: say, be, eat, go on · To what, where: 5, chips, paper · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 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	bloody	bloody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 builders	amod
2	builders	builder	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 weeks	nummod
5	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 said	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 5	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 5	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 5	cop
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 5	cop
10	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 said	ccomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 eating	cc
12	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 eating	nsubj
13	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 eating	aux
14	STILL	still	ADV	_	15 eating	advmod
15	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 said	conj
16	chips	chip	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 eating	obj
17	out	out	ADP	_	19 paper	case
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 paper	case
19	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 eating	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
21	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 going	nsubj
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 going	aux
23	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 said	ccomp
24	on	on	ADP	_	23 going	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	bloody builders			week	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a	present	it	5			tree rules
3	eat	present · progressive	we	chips	paper	still	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chip=Patient
4	go on	present · progressive					vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=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

Option 1

The builders are on a five-week holiday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 builders	det
2	builders	builder	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 holiday	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 holiday	cop
4	on	on	ADP	_	9 holiday	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 holiday	det
6	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 week	nummod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 five	punct
8	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 holiday	compound
9	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the builders			a week holiday			tree rules

Option 2

Takeaway is cheaper than cooking, so the family chose it and stopped the job

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Takeaway	Takeaway	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cheaper	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cheaper	cop
3	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	SCONJ	_	5 cooking	mark
5	cooking	cook	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 cheaper	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 chose	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 chose	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 family	det
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 chose	nsubj
10	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cheaper	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 chose	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 stopped	cc
13	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 chose	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 job	det
15	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stopped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Takeaway		cheap property	tree rules
2	cook	gerund	Takeaway not said here			vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	choose	past	the family	it		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	stop	past	the family not said here	the job		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality job=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The kitchen job is taking longer than planned, which is common

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 job	det
2	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 job	compound
3	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taking	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 taking	aux
5	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 taking	advmod
7	than	than	SCONJ	_	8 planned	mark
8	planned	plan	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 longer	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 common	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 common	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 common	cop
12	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 taking	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	take	present · progressive	the kitchen job	long property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	plan	participle	the kitchen job not said here		vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	is	present		common property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The family has decided to eat chips forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 family	det
2	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decided	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 decided	aux
4	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 eat	mark
6	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 decided	xcomp
7	chips	chip	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eat	obj
8	forever	forever	ADV	_	6 eat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present · perfect	the family						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	the family not said here	chips				forever property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chip=Patient

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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