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title: Mum: «Hartleys' builders are cowboys, the extension FELL DOWN!» Whic… — Our street: when a guess becomes a rep… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum: «Hartleys' builders are cowboys, the extension FELL DOWN!» Which one word made it a disaster? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation

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Mum: «Hartleys' builders are cowboys, the extension FELL DOWN!» Which one word made it a disaster?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** builders, extension, one word · **What happens:** be, fall down, make · **To what, where:** cowboys, extension

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation» 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/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum: «Hartleys' builders are cowboys, the extension FELL DOWN!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t11:1
# text = Mum: «Hartleys' builders are cowboys, the extension FELL DOWN!»
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Hartleys	hartley	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	builders	builder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	cowboys	cowboy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	extension	extension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	FELL	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	DOWN	down	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Hartleys's builders | cowboys |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall down** *in a quote* | past | the extension | cowboys *not said here* |  |  |  | down *property* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient cowboy=Result |

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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:* Which one word made it a disaster?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t11:2
# text = Which one word made it a disaster?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	disaster	disaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | one word | extension |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary disaster=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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«Hartleys» instead of «neighbours»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t11:o1:1
# text = «Hartleys» instead of «neighbours»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Hartleys	hartley	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«Extension» instead of «room»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t11:o2:1
# text = «Extension» instead of «room»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Extension	extension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«Builders» instead of «workmen»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t11:o3:1
# text = «Builders» instead of «workmen»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Builders	Builder	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	workmen	workman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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

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«Fell» instead of «taken down»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t11:o4:1
# text = «Fell» instead of «taken down»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Fell	fell	PROPN	GW	Typo=Yes	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	7	mark	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take down** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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