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title: Your cousin asks "Do people just pay for a house with cash from the… — Moving house and renting a home · tree and pragmatics
description: Your cousin asks "Do people just pay for a house with cash from the shop?" What is usually true? Test 8 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 wron
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# Test 8 · Moving house and renting a home

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Your cousin asks "Do people just pay for a house with cash from the shop?" What is usually true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin · **What happens:** ask, do, pay, be · **To what, where:** people · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cousin asks "Do people just pay for a house with cash from the shop?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t8:1
# text = Your cousin asks "Do people just pay for a house with cash from the shop?"
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	pay	pay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Your cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | people |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Eventuality |
| 3 | **pay** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | for a house with cash from the shop | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for house=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 is usually true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t8:2
# text = What is usually true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true, usually *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Most borrow with a mortgage and pay back over years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t8:o1:1
# text = Most borrow with a mortgage and pay back over years
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	nsubj	_	_
2	borrow	borrow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mortgage	mortgage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | present | Most |  |  |  |  | with a mortgage | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pay back** | infinitive | Most *not said here* |  |  |  | year |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Everyone pays for a house all at once, in cash, on the day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t8:o2:1
# text = Everyone pays for a house all at once, in cash, on the day
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present | Everyone |  |  |  | day | for a house; once *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for house=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The council gives houses to every family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t8:o3:1
# text = The council gives houses to every family
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | the council | houses | every family |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent house=Theme to family=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Estate agents pay for the house themselves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t8:o4:1
# text = Estate agents pay for the house themselves
1	Estate	estate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	agents	agent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pay	pay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present | Estate agents | agents *= agent* |  |  |  | for the house | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for house=Theme |

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**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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