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title: Which of these is a job the landlord, not the tenant, is supposed to… — When things break: boilers, plumbers a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of these is a job the landlord, not the tenant, is supposed to sort out? Test 12 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 right.
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# Test 12 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint

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Which of these is a job the landlord, not the tenant, is supposed to sort out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, suppose, sort out · **To what, where:** job

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This is test 12 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t12:1
# text = Which of these is a job the landlord, not the tenant, is supposed to sort out?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tenant	tenant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	sort	sort	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	out	out	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of this job | tree rules |
| 2 | **suppose** | present · passive |  | this job |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 3 | **sort out** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Fixing the damp and the broken heating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t12:o1:1
# text = Fixing the damp and the broken heating
1	Fixing	fix	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	damp	damp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	heating	heating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | gerund |  | the damp |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent damp=Patient |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Choosing the paint colour in the kids' room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t12:o2:1
# text = Choosing the paint colour in the kids' room
1	Choosing	choose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | gerund |  | the paint colour |  | the kids's room |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Taking the bins out on bin night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t12:o3:1
# text = Taking the bins out on bin night
1	Taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bins	bin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take out** | gerund |  | the bins |  |  | night |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bin=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Washing up after tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t12:o4:1
# text = Washing up after tea
1	Washing	wash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash up** | gerund |  |  |  |  | after tea |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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