--- title: You overhear Mum on the phone: "Third time I've rung, the heating's… — Paying for a home and the bills · tree and pragmatics description: You overhear Mum on the phone: "Third time I've rung, the heating's still broken and it's freezing." Who is she probably ringing? 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Who is she probably ringing? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, I, heating · **What happens:** overhear, ring, break, freeze · **To what, where:** Mum, phone, heating This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 6 «Paying for a home and the bills» 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/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* You overhear Mum on the phone: "Third time I've rung, the heating's still broken and it's freezing." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t1:1 # text = You overhear Mum on the phone: "Third time I've rung, the heating's still broken and it's freezing." 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 overhear overhear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 rung ring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 heating heating NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 still still ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 parataxis _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 freezing freeze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overhear** | present | You | Mum | | the phone | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mum=Stimulus | | 2 | **ring** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | | | | time | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 3 | **break** *in a quote* | participle · passive | | the heating | | | still | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **freeze** *in a quote* | present · progressive | heating | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* Who is she probably ringing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t1:2 # text = Who is she probably ringing? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 probably probably ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 ringing ring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** | present · progressive | | | | | | probably *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The council, who own every boiler in every house ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t1:o1:1 # text = The council, who own every boiler in every house 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 own own VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 boiler boiler NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **own** | present | the council | every boiler | | every house | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot boiler=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The bank, who pay for repairs ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t1:o2:1 # text = The bank, who pay for repairs 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 pay pay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 repairs repair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | present | the bank | | | | | for repairs | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for repair=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The school, who send an engineer ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t1:o3:1 # text = The school, who send an engineer 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 send send VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 engineer engineer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | present | the school | a engineer | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent engineer=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The landlord, who must fix the heating ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t1:o4:1 # text = The landlord, who must fix the heating 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 landlord landlord NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 fix fix VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 heating heating NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | must | the landlord | the heating | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent heating=Patient | **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. 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