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Test 7 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint

Gran: "That landlord's useless, three letters and still no one's come about the damp." What might the family do next?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family · What happens: do

This is test 7 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: Gran: "That landlord's useless, three letters and still no one's come about the damp."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	gran	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 useless	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 useless	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 useless	punct
4	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 landlord	det
5	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 useless	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 landlord	case
7	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 letters	punct
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 letters	nummod
10	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 useless	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 come	cc
12	still	still	ADV	_	16 come	advmod
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 one	det
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 come	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 one	case
16	come	come	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 useless	conj
17	about	about	ADP	_	19 damp	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 damp	det
19	damp	damp	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 come	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 useless	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 useless	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: What might the family do next?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 do	obj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 family	det
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	next	next	ADV	_	5 do	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	might	the family					next property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Ask the council for help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 council	det
3	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 help	case
5	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the council				for help	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent council=Recipient

Option 2

Paint over the mould and forget it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forget	nsubj
2	over	over	ADP	_	4 mould	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mould	det
4	mould	mould	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Paint	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 forget	cc
6	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 forget	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	infinitive	Paint over the mould	mould					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Fix the walls with sticky tape

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fix	fix	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 walls	det
3	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Fix	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 tape	case
5	sticky	sticky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tape	amod
6	tape	tape	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fix	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	imperative	you not said here	the walls				with sticky tape	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient with tape=Co-Patient

Option 4

Stop paying for the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	paying	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	pay	gerund	you not said here					for the water	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for water=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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