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title: Dad: «Number 27 got burgled, back door wide open they say, some peop… — Our street: when a guess becomes a rep… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad: «Number 27 got burgled, back door wide open they say, some people never learn.» What's wrong with the last bit? Test 6 · ★★ 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
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation

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Dad: «Number 27 got burgled, back door wide open they say, some people never learn.» What's wrong with the last bit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they, people · **What happens:** burgle, say, not learn, be · **To what, where:** Number · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad: «Number 27 got burgled, back door wide open they say, some people never learn.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t6:1
# text = Dad: «Number 27 got burgled, back door wide open they say, some people never learn.»
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	27	27	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	_
6	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	burgled	burgle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
11	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
12	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	advcl	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
17	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
18	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
19	learn	learn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burgle** *in a quote* | past · passive |  | Number |  |  |  |  | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **learn** *in a quote* | present | some people |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «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's wrong with the last bit?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t6:2
# text = What's wrong with the last bit?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with the last bit; wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, the burglar was a neighbour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t6:o1:1
# text = Nothing, the burglar was a neighbour
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	burglar	burglar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Nothing | a neighbour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It blames the victims, not the burglar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t6:o2:1
# text = It blames the victims, not the burglar
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blames	blame	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	victims	victim	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	burglar	burglar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | present | It | the victims and the burglar |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victim=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It's fair, they should lock their doors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t6:o3:1
# text = It's fair, they should lock their doors
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	lock	lock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lock** | should | they | their doors |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's true, they were burgled twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t6:o4:1
# text = It's true, they were burgled twice
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	burgled	burgle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
8	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **burgle** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |

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