--- title: Mum painted the bedroom yesterday and it looks stripy. Your brother… — When things break: boilers, plumbers a… · tree and pragmatics description: Mum painted the bedroom yesterday and it looks stripy. Your brother says "she did it wrong, ha". Put him right. Test 8 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 --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint Mum painted the bedroom yesterday and it looks stripy. Your brother says "she did it wrong, ha". Put him right. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum, bedroom, brother, you · **What happens:** paint, look, say, do, put · **To what, where:** bedroom, brother · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum painted the bedroom yesterday and it looks stripy. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t8:1 # text = Mum painted the bedroom yesterday and it looks stripy. 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 painted paint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bedroom bedroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 stripy stripy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | past | Mum | the bedroom | | | yesterday | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent bedroom=Destination | | 2 | **look** | present | bedroom | | | | | stripy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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:* Your brother says "she did it wrong, ha". ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t8:2 # text = Your brother says "she did it wrong, ha". 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 ha ha INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your brother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | past | Mum | bedroom | | | | wrong *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | *Sentence 3:* Put him right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t8:3 # text = Put him right. 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | | brother | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Stripy paint means the wall is damp ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t8:o1:1 # text = Stripy paint means the wall is damp 1 Stripy stripy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 paint paint NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 damp damp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Stripy paint | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | the wall | | | | | damp *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} She used the wrong kind of brush on purpose to make a pattern of stripes ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t8:o2:1 # text = She used the wrong kind of brush on purpose to make a pattern of stripes 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 brush brush NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 pattern pattern NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 stripes stripe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past | She | the wrong kind of brush | | purpose | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Patient | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | a pattern of stripes | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pattern=Product | | 3 | **pattern** | | stripes | | | | | | nom pattern «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} One coat often looks patchy, it needs a second coat when dry ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t8:o3:1 # text = One coat often looks patchy, it needs a second coat when dry 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 often often ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 patchy patchy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 amod _ _ 11 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 13 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | One coat | | | | | often, patchy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **need** | present | coat | a second coat | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot coat=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It will stay stripy forever now ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:t8:o4:1 # text = It will stay stripy forever now 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 stripy stripy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 forever forever ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | future | It | | | | now | forever, stripy *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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