--- title: Overheard over the fence: «Your music, 2am, again. I'm calling the c… — Neighbours, the council, rules and fai… · tree and pragmatics description: Overheard over the fence: «Your music, 2am, again. I'm calling the council.» What is this? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 33 «Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness» 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 choic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/t2/) [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/) / [Neighbours, the council, rules and fai…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness Overheard over the fence: «Your music, 2am, again. I'm calling the council.» What is this? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, this · **What happens:** overhear, call, be · **To what, where:** fence, council · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 33 «Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness» 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/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Overheard over the fence: «Your music, 2am, again. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t2:1 # text = Overheard over the fence: «Your music, 2am, again. 1 Overheard overhear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 over over ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 am a.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 again again ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overhear** | participle | | | | the fence Your music | again | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | 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:* I'm calling the council.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t2:2 # text = I'm calling the council.» 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | present · progressive | I | the council | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent council=Recipient | *Sentence 3:* What is this? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t2:3 # text = What is this? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | this | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A plan to start a band together ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t2:o1:1 # text = A plan to start a band together 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 together together ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | to-infinitive | | a band | | | | together *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent band=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} A thank-you for the lovely music ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t2:o2:1 # text = A thank-you for the lovely music 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 thank thank NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 flat _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A neighbour dispute about noise ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t2:o3:1 # text = A neighbour dispute about noise 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 dispute dispute NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A party invitation for next week ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t2:o4:1 # text = A party invitation for next week 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 invitation invitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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