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title: Mum: "rent's gone up 100 quid, so no takeaway friday for a while." W… — Paying for a home and the bills · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum: "rent's gone up 100 quid, so no takeaway friday for a while." Why no takeaway? Test 6 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Paying for a home and the bills

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum: "rent's gone up 100 quid, so no takeaway friday for a while." Why no takeaway?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rent · **What happens:** go up · **To what, where:** 100 quid

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum: "rent's gone up 100 quid, so no takeaway friday for a while."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t6:1
# text = Mum: "rent's gone up 100 quid, so no takeaway friday for a while."
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	rent	rent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	appos	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	quid	quid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
13	takeaway	takeaway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	friday	friday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** *in a quote* | present · passive | rent | 100 quid |  |  |  | no takeaway friday for a while *obl* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient quid=Extent |

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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 no takeaway?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t6:2
# text = Why no takeaway?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	takeaway	takeaway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Takeaways cost more when rent rises

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t6:o1:1
# text = Takeaways cost more when rent rises
1	Takeaways	takeaway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	obj	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	rent	rent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	rises	rise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | Takeaways | more |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value |
| 2 | **rise** | present | rent |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Takeaways are banned by the council when the rent rises

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t6:o2:1
# text = Takeaways are banned by the council when the rent rises
1	Takeaways	takeaway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rent	rent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	rises	rise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | present · passive | the council | Takeaways |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |
| 2 | **rise** | present | the rent |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The landlord does not allow takeaways

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t6:o3:1
# text = The landlord does not allow takeaways
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	allow	allow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	takeaways	takeaway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · do-support | the landlord | takeaways |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent takeaway=Beneficiary |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
More money goes on rent, so extras must shrink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t6:o4:1
# text = More money goes on rent, so extras must shrink
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rent	rent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	extras	extra	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	shrink	shrink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | More money |  |  | rent |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on rent=Location |
| 2 | **shrink** | must | extras |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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