Test 5 · Looking after yourself and a home

Overheard: "Bugger, forgot the gas bill, now there's a late fee." What has happened?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Overheard Bugger, late fee · What happens: overhear, forget, be, happen · To what, where: gas bill

This is test 5 of lesson 38 «Looking after yourself and a home» 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: Overheard: "Bugger, forgot the gas bill, now there's a late fee."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Overheard	overhear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 Bugger	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Bugger	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Bugger	punct
4	Bugger	bugger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forgot	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Bugger	punct
6	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bill	det
8	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bill	compound
9	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forgot	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 's	punct
11	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 's	advmod
12	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	13 's	expl
13	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 forgot	parataxis
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 fee	det
15	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 fee	amod
16	fee	fee	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 's	nsubj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 forgot	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 forgot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	overhear	participle					vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
2	forget in a quote	past	Overheard Bugger	the gas bill			tree rules
3	be in a quote	present	a late fee		there	now	vn exist-47.1 «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.

Sentence 2: What has happened?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happened	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 happened	aux
3	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present · perfect							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

The gas has run out because it's been so cold this winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gas	det
2	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 run	aux
4	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 run	compound:prt
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 cold	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 cold	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 cold	cop
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 cold	cop
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 cold	advmod
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 run	advcl
12	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 winter	det
13	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cold	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run out	present · perfect	the gas						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	gas				winter	cold property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The bill was paid twice by accident

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bill	det
2	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paid	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 paid	aux:pass
4	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 paid	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 accident	case
7	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past · passive	accident	the bill				twice property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The bill wasn't paid on time, so extra was charged

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bill	det
2	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 charged	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 paid	aux:pass
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 paid	advmod
5	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bill	acl:relcl
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 time	case
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paid	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 extra	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 extra	advmod
10	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bill	conj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 charged	aux:pass
12	charged	charge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pay	past · passive		the bill not said here			time		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»
2	charge	past · passive		the bill					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The gas company sent a present by mistake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 company	det
2	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 company	compound
3	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	nsubj
4	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 present	det
6	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 mistake	case
8	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the gas company	a present				by mistake	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Theme

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