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description: Your sister stuck posters up with tape in the rented flat, and the paint came off. What might happen? Test 4 of lesson 10 «Moving house and renting a home» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 4 · Moving house and renting a home

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Your sister stuck posters up with tape in the rented flat, and the paint came off. What might happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** paint · **What happens:** rent, come off, happen

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This is test 4 of lesson 10 «Moving house and renting 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your sister stuck posters up with tape in the rented flat, and the paint came off.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t4:1
# text = Your sister stuck posters up with tape in the rented flat, and the paint came off.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	posters	poster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	tape	tape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	rented	rent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	flat	flat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
17	off	off	ADV	RB	_	16	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rent** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come off** | past | the paint |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What might happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t4:2
# text = What might happen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The landlord will pay the family a reward for the posters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t4:o1:1
# text = The landlord will pay the family a reward for the posters
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	posters	poster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | future | the landlord | the family |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent family=Recipient reward=Asset |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Money for repairs can be taken from the deposit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t4:o2:1
# text = Money for repairs can be taken from the deposit
1	Money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	repairs	repair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	deposit	deposit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | can · passive |  | Money for repairs |  | the deposit |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from deposit=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The rent will go down next month

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t4:o3:1
# text = The rent will go down next month
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rent	rent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go down** | future | the rent |  |  |  | month | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, because renters never pay for damage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t4:o4:1
# text = Nothing, because renters never pay for damage
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	renters	renter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	pay	pay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pay** | present | renters |  |  |  |  | for damage | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for damage=Theme |

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