--- title: Your mate says "Strangers looked in my cupboards at the viewing, so… — Moving house and renting a home · tree and pragmatics description: Your mate says "Strangers looked in my cupboards at the viewing, so rude!" What's true? Test 5 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Moving house and renting a home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/) / t5 # Test 5 · Moving house and renting a home Your mate says "Strangers looked in my cupboards at the viewing, so rude!" What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, Strangers · **What happens:** say, look, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your mate says "Strangers looked in my cupboards at the viewing, so rude!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t5:1 # text = Your mate says "Strangers looked in my cupboards at the viewing, so rude!" 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 cupboards cupboard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 viewing viewing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ! ! PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | Your mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **look** *in a quote* | past | Strangers | | | | | at the viewing; in my cupboards | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cupboard=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's true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t5:2 # text = What's true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Viewers are looking for things to steal from the house ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t5:o1:1 # text = Viewers are looking for things to steal from the house 1 Viewers viewer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 for for SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present · progressive | Viewers | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **steal** | to-infinitive | things | | | the house | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Viewers look round to see the space, it's normal ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t5:o2:1 # text = Viewers look round to see the space, it's normal 1 Viewers viewer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 normal normal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | Viewers | | | | | round *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | Viewers *not said here* | the space | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer space=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | present | space | | | | | normal *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The estate agent hides things in cupboards ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t5:o3:1 # text = The estate agent hides things in cupboards 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 estate estate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 agent agent NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hides hide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 cupboards cupboard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | present | the estate agent | things | | cupboards | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent thing=Patient in cupboard=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Viewers are not allowed to open anything ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t5:o4:1 # text = Viewers are not allowed to open anything 1 Viewers viewer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive | | Viewers | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **open** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Viewers *not said here* | anything | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location anything=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. 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