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title: Dad mutters "bloody energy prices, it's the war again". Why would a… — Paying for a home and the bills · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad mutters "bloody energy prices, it's the war again". Why would a war far away change the bill? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 6 «Paying for a home and the bills» 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 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Paying for a home and the bills

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Dad mutters "bloody energy prices, it's the war again". Why would a war far away change the bill?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dad, it, war · **What happens:** mutter, be, change · **To what, where:** bloody energy prices, war, bill · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad mutters "bloody energy prices, it's the war again".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t3:1
# text = Dad mutters "bloody energy prices, it's the war again".
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	mutters	mutter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mutter** *speech: assert* | present | Dad | bloody energy prices |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | the war |  |  | again |  | tree rules |

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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:* Why would a war far away change the bill?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t3:2
# text = Why would a war far away change the bill?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | would | a war | the bill |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The council adds a special war tax to every bill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t3:o1:1
# text = The council adds a special war tax to every bill
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	adds	add	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | the council | a special war tax |  |  |  | to every bill | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent tax=Patient to bill=Co-Patient |

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

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Energy prices rise and fall with world events

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t3:o2:1
# text = Energy prices rise and fall with world events
1	Energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rise	rise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | present | Energy prices |  |  |  |  | with world events | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fall** | present | Energy prices *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wars use up all the electricity in our street

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t3:o3:1
# text = Wars use up all the electricity in our street
1	Wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use up** | present | Wars | all electricity |  | our street |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Soldiers read the smart meters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t3:o4:1
# text = Soldiers read the smart meters
1	Soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	meters	meter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | Soldiers | the smart meters |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meter=Topic |

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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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