--- title: It's 1am, thump thump through the wall, Dad goes "right, that's it".… — When things break: boilers, plumbers a… · tree and pragmatics description: It's 1am, thump thump through the wall, Dad goes "right, that's it". What is he most likely about to do? Test 10 of lesson 11 «When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/11-when-things-break/t10/) [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/) / [When things break: boilers, plumbers a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/11-when-things-break/) / t10 # Test 10 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint It's 1am, thump thump through the wall, Dad goes "right, that's it". What is he most likely about to do? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** It, Dad, that · **What happens:** be, go · **To what, where:** thump thump, wall, am This is test 10 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/11-when-things-break/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It's 1am, thump thump through the wall, Dad goes "right, that's it". ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t10:1 # text = It's 1am, thump thump through the wall, Dad goes "right, that's it". 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 am a.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 thump thump NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 thump thump NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 right right INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | thump thump | | the wall | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | present | Dad | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | am *= a.m.* | | | | | tree rules | 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 is he most likely about to do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t10:2 # text = What is he most likely about to do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 likely likely ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Dad | | | | | do, likely *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Pack the family's bags and move house ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t10:o1:1 # text = Pack the family's bags and move house 1 Pack pack VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 bags bag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 move move VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pack** | imperative | you *not said here* | the family's bags | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bag=Theme | | 2 | **move** | present | you *not said here* | house | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Turn on his own music to drown it out forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t10:o2:1 # text = Turn on his own music to drown it out forever 1 Turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 drown drown VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 10 forever forever ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | his own music | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on music=Trajectory | | 2 | **drown out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | music | | | | forever *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Phone the plumber to fix the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t10:o3:1 # text = Phone the plumber to fix the wall 1 Phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 plumber plumber NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 fix fix VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | to-infinitive | | the wall | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent wall=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Go and knock next door and ask them to turn it down ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t10:o4:1 # text = Go and knock next door and ask them to turn it down 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 knock knock VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 down down ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **knock** | infinitive | you *not said here* | next door | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | them *= they* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **turn down** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | door | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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