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title: dad's up the ladder with a drill going "how hard can it be" and mum'… — When things break: boilers, plumbers a… · tree and pragmatics
description: dad's up the ladder with a drill going "how hard can it be" and mum's like "oh god here we go". why's mum worried Test 3 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 eac
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# Test 3 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint

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dad's up the ladder with a drill going "how hard can it be" and mum's like "oh god here we go". why's mum worried

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, mum, we · **What happens:** be, go, worry · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t3:1
# text = dad's up the ladder with a drill going "how hard can it be" and mum's like "oh god here we go". why's mum worried
1	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ladder	ladder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	drill	drill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
9	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	csubj	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
12	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
18	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
20	like	like	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	23	discourse	_	_
23	god	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
24	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	26	advmod	_	_
25	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
29	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	's	's	PART	POS	_	29	case	_	_
31	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
32	worried	worry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	advcl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | dad |  |  |  |  | up the ladder | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | mum |  |  |  |  | like god | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present | we |  |  | here |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **worry** | past | mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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Mum wants to do the DIY herself first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t3:o1:1
# text = Mum wants to do the DIY herself first
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	DIY	DIY	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Mum *not said here* | the DIY |  |  |  | Mum *obl:unmarked*; first *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diy=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
DIY can go wrong and end up costing more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t3:o2:1
# text = DIY can go wrong and end up costing more
1	DIY	diy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	end	end	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	costing	cost	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | can | DIY |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **end up** | present | DIY *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cost** | gerund | DIY *not said here* | more |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ladders are against the law in houses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t3:o3:1
# text = Ladders are against the law in houses
1	Ladders	ladder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Ladders |  |  | houses |  | against the law | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Drills only work for proper electricians

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t3:o4:1
# text = Drills only work for proper electricians
1	Drills	drill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	electricians	electrician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Drills |  |  |  |  | for proper electricians | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for electrician=Beneficiary |

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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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