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title: "crap, it's Wednesday morning and the bins are still in the drive".… — When things break: boilers, plumbers a… · tree and pragmatics
description: "crap, it's Wednesday morning and the bins are still in the drive". what happens now Test 11 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's choice was 
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# Test 11 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"crap, it's Wednesday morning and the bins are still in the drive". what happens now

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** crap, drive · **What happens:** be, happen · **To what, where:** Wednesday morning, drive

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This is test 11 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t11:1
# text = "crap, it's Wednesday morning and the bins are still in the drive". what happens now
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	crap	crap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	Wednesday	Wednesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bins	bin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	still	still	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	drive	drive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
18	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	_
19	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
20	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	19	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | crap | Wednesday morning and the bins |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | crap |  |  | the drive | still |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **happen** | present | the drive |  |  |  | now |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: 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.

## The options {#options}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rubbish stays until the next collection, maybe one or two weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t11:o1:1
# text = The rubbish stays until the next collection, maybe one or two weeks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	until	until	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	conj	_	_
13	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | the rubbish |  |  |  | until the next collection; week |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bins empty themselves at the end of the day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t11:o2:1
# text = The bins empty themselves at the end of the day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bins	bin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The neighbours have to take your rubbish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t11:o3:1
# text = The neighbours have to take your rubbish
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the neighbours |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | the neighbours *not said here* | your rubbish |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rubbish=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The council will come back this afternoon specially for your bins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t11:o4:1
# text = The council will come back this afternoon specially for your bins
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	specially	specially	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	bins	bin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | future | the council |  |  |  | afternoon | for your bins; specially *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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