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title: Overheard: "Boiler's packed in, thank God we had a bit put by." What… — Money, work and the big choices · tree and pragmatics
description: Overheard: "Boiler's packed in, thank God we had a bit put by." What saved them? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» 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 choice was right.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Money, work and the big choices

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Overheard: "Boiler's packed in, thank God we had a bit put by." What saved them?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** overhear, pack in, thank, have, put by, save · **To what, where:** God, bit, them · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» 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/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Overheard: "Boiler's packed in, thank God we had a bit put by."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t4:1
# text = Overheard: "Boiler's packed in, thank God we had a bit put by."
1	Overheard	overhear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Boiler	Boiler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	packed	pack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	thank	thank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
10	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overhear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **pack in** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present |  |  | God |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** *in a quote* | past | we | a bit |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |
| 5 | **put by** *in a quote* | participle |  | a bit *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: 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 saved them?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t4:2
# text = What saved them?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | past |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A loan from the neighbours next door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t4:o1:1
# text = A loan from the neighbours next door
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	loan	loan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Money they had saved for emergencies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t4:o2:1
# text = Money they had saved for emergencies
1	Money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	emergencies	emergency	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | past · perfect | they | Money *not said here* |  |  |  | for emergencies | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme for emergency=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The boiler company paying for it all as a favour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t4:o3:1
# text = The boiler company paying for it all as a favour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	boiler	boiler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	paying	pay	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | gerund | the boiler company *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for company; as a favour; all *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A lucky lottery ticket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t4:o4:1
# text = A lucky lottery ticket
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	lottery	lottery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	ticket	ticket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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