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title: Ethan flushed a toy down the loo n flooded the whole flat downstairs… — Baths, water at home and doors · tree and pragmatics
description: Ethan flushed a toy down the loo n flooded the whole flat downstairs, everyone's calling him Toilet Boy, wanna join in? Test 19 · ★ of lesson 109 «Baths, water at home and doors» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 19 · ★ · Baths, water at home and doors

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Ethan flushed a toy down the loo n flooded the whole flat downstairs, everyone's calling him Toilet Boy, wanna join in?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ethan, loo n, everyone · **What happens:** flush, flood, call, join in · **To what, where:** toy, whole flat, n · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 109 «Baths, water at home and doors» of the everyday 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/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t19:1
# text = Ethan flushed a toy down the loo n flooded the whole flat downstairs, everyone's calling him Toilet Boy, wanna join in?
1	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flushed	flush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	loo	loo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	n	n	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	flooded	flood	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	flat	flat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	downstairs	downstairs	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	Toilet	Toilet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	23	dep	_	_
23	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	RP	_	23	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flush** | past | Ethan | a toy |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent toy=Theme |
| 2 | **flood** | past | the loo n | the whole flat |  |  |  | downstairs *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent flat=Patient |
| 3 | **call** | present · progressive | everyone | n |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme boy=Result |
| 4 | **join in** | infinitive | everyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, because the nickname is really funny and everyone will love it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t19:o1:1
# text = Yes, because the nickname is really funny and everyone will love it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nickname	nickname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	nsubj	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the nickname |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **love** | future | everyone | nickname |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, so he never does it again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t19:o2:1
# text = Yes, so he never does it again
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | present | he | it |  |  | again |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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

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No, nicknames hurt; the lesson is only toilet paper goes down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t19:o3:1
# text = No, nicknames hurt; the lesson is only toilet paper goes down
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	nicknames	nickname	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	down	down	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present | nicknames |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the lesson | toilet paper |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go down** | present | toilet paper |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only when Ethan is not around

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:t19:o4:1
# text = Yes, but only when Ethan is not around
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
6	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	around	around	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Ethan |  |  |  |  | around *property* | tree rules |

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