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# Test 7 · ★ · Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness

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Mum, reading the bin calendar: «Glass is Tuesdays now, they've changed it again, for crying out loud.» What does she have to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Glass Tuesdays, she · **What happens:** read, be, change, cry out, have, do · **To what, where:** bin calendar, Glass Tuesdays, calendar · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum, reading the bin calendar: «Glass is Tuesdays now, they've changed it again, for crying out loud.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t7:1
# text = Mum, reading the bin calendar: «Glass is Tuesdays now, they've changed it again, for crying out loud.»
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	Tuesdays	Tuesday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
12	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	again	again	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
21	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
22	out	out	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	_
23	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund |  | the bin calendar |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | Glass Tuesdays |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **change** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Glass Tuesdays | calendar |  |  | now; again |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 4 | **cry out** *speech: express* *in a quote* | gerund | Glass Tuesdays *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does she have to do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t7:2
# text = What does she have to do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · do-support | she |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Follow the council's new recycling day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t7:o1:1
# text = Follow the council's new recycling day
1	Follow	follow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	recycling	recycling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Keep the glass until it changes back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t7:o2:1
# text = Keep the glass until it changes back
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the glass |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Theme |
| 2 | **change back** | present | glass |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ring the PM to complain about glass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t7:o3:1
# text = Ring the PM to complain about glass
1	Ring	ring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	PM	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	complain	complain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | imperative | you *not said here* | the PM |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location p.m.=Theme |
| 2 | **complain** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about glass | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about glass=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Throw the glass in the river instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t7:o4:1
# text = Throw the glass in the river instead
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | the glass |  | the river |  | instead *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent glass=Theme in river=Destination |

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