--- title: On the news: "Thousands of tenants say their landlords ignore mould.… — When things break: boilers, plumbers a… · tree and pragmatics description: On the news: "Thousands of tenants say their landlords ignore mould." What does the news story mean? Test 6 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; Mov --- [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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint On the news: "Thousands of tenants say their landlords ignore mould." What does the news story mean? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Thousands, landlords, news story · **What happens:** say, ignore, mean · **To what, where:** news, mould · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* On the news: "Thousands of tenants say their landlords ignore mould." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t6:1 # text = On the news: "Thousands of tenants say their landlords ignore mould." 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 tenants tenant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 9 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 landlords landlord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 ignore ignore VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 13 mould mould NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Thousands of tenants | | | the news | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **ignore** *in a quote* | present | Thousands's landlords | mould | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mould=Theme | 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 does the news story mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t6:2 # text = What does the news story mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | the news story | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Landlords are complaining about their tenants' cooking making the walls wet ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t6:o1:1 # text = Landlords are complaining about their tenants' cooking making the walls wet 1 Landlords landlord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 complaining complain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 tenants tenant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ' 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 cooking cooking NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 csubj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 wet wet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **complain** *speech: other* | present · progressive | Landlords | | | | | about Landlords's tenants's cooking | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about cooking=Topic | | 2 | **make** | gerund | | the walls | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wall=Product | | 3 | **wet** | present | making | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **cook** | | Landlords's tenants | | | | | | nom cooking «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Mould has been found in supermarket food ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t6:o2:1 # text = Mould has been found in supermarket food 1 Mould mould NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 supermarket supermarket NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | present · perfect · passive | | Mould | | supermarket food | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tenants are growing mould on purpose ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t6:o3:1 # text = Tenants are growing mould on purpose 1 Tenants tenant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 mould mould NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present · progressive | Tenants | mould | | purpose | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mould=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} People renting homes say their landlords are not fixing damp ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t6:o4:1 # text = People renting homes say their landlords are not fixing damp 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 2 renting rent VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 homes home NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 landlords landlord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 fixing fix VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 damp damp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rent** | gerund | People *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | homes | homes's landlords | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent landlord=Topic | | 3 | **not** **fix** | present · progressive | People | | | | | damp *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | **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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