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title: Dad sighs: "Mortgage, energy, council tax, all gone out the first of… — Paying for a home and the bills · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad sighs: "Mortgage, energy, council tax, all gone out the first of the month." Why did he not pay at a till? Test 7 · ★ 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'
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# Test 7 · ★ · Paying for a home and the bills

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Dad sighs: "Mortgage, energy, council tax, all gone out the first of the month." Why did he not pay at a till?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad · **What happens:** sigh, go out, not pay · **To what, where:** Mortgage, first, till

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad sighs: "Mortgage, energy, council tax, all gone out the first of the month."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t7:1
# text = Dad sighs: "Mortgage, energy, council tax, all gone out the first of the month."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sighs	sigh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Mortgage	mortgage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	all	all	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	first	first	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sigh** | present | Dad | Mortgage and energy and council tax |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **go out** *in a quote* | participle | Dad *not said here* | the first of the month |  |  |  | all *property* | 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 did he not pay at a till?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t7:2
# text = Why did he not pay at a till?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	till	till	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pay** | past · do-support | Dad |  |  | a till |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He forgot to pay them at all and will get a letter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t7:o1:1
# text = He forgot to pay them at all and will get a letter
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **pay** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | them *= they* |  | all |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset |
| 3 | **get** | future | He *not said here* | a letter |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer letter=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are paid only once a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t7:o2:1
# text = They are paid only once a year
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present · passive |  | They |  |  | year | once *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They go out by direct debit automatically

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t7:o3:1
# text = They go out by direct debit automatically
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	direct	direct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	debit	debit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	automatically	automatically	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | present | They |  |  |  |  | by direct debit; automatically, out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bank paid them as a present

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t7:o4:1
# text = The bank paid them as a present
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | the bank | them *= they* |  |  |  | as a present | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset |

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