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title: Whereas a householder discovers a defect in the domestic water suppl… — Looking after yourself and a home · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a householder discovers a defect in the domestic water supply beyond his competence, determine the course of action consistent with this lesson. Exam question 4 of lesson 38 «Looking after yourself and a home» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 4 · Looking after yourself and a home

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Whereas a householder discovers a defect in the domestic water supply beyond his competence, determine the course of action consistent with this lesson.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** householder, you · **What happens:** discover, determine · **To what, where:** defect, domestic water supply, course

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 38 «Looking after yourself and a home» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:e4:1
# text = Whereas a householder discovers a defect in the domestic water supply beyond his competence, determine the course of action consistent with this lesson.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	householder	householder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	discovers	discover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	defect	defect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	supply	supply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	competence	competence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
16	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
21	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
22	with	with	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	24	det	_	_
24	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | present | a householder | a defect |  | the domestic water supply beyond householder's competence |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent defect=Topic |
| 2 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |

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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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Request that the children undertake the repair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:e4:o1:1
# text = Request that the children undertake the repair
1	Request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	undertake	undertake	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	repair	repair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | present | the children | Request |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Attempt the repair regardless of the hazard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:e4:o2:1
# text = Attempt the repair regardless of the hazard
1	Attempt	attempt	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	repair	repair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	regardless	regardless	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hazard	hazard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attempt** | imperative | you *not said here* | the repair |  |  |  | regardless *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent repair=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Leave the defect unattended indefinitely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:e4:o3:1
# text = Leave the defect unattended indefinitely
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	defect	defect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	unattended	unattend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **unattend** | past | the defect |  |  |  |  | indefinitely *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Engage and pay a qualified tradesperson, such as a plumber

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:e4:o4:1
# text = Engage and pay a qualified tradesperson, such as a plumber
1	Engage	engage	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	pay	pay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	qualified	qualified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tradesperson	tradesperson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	plumber	plumber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **engage** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **pay** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a qualified tradesperson and a plumber |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tradesperson=Asset |

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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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