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title: Ella in Leeds finds that her mess makes her late every morning. Whic… — Chores and broken things · tree and pragmatics
description: Ella in Leeds finds that her mess makes her late every morning. Which change would help her most? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 111 «Chores and broken things» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Chores and broken things

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Ella in Leeds finds that her mess makes her late every morning. Which change would help her most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ella, mess, change · **What happens:** find, make, mess, help · **To what, where:** Ella · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 111 «Chores and broken things» 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/111-chores-and-broken-things/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ella in Leeds finds that her mess makes her late every morning.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t1:1
# text = Ella in Leeds finds that her mess makes her late every morning.
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mess	mess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | Ella in Leeds |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present | Ella's mess | Ella |  |  | morning | late *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product |
| 3 | **mess** |  | Ella |  |  |  |  |  | nom mess «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Which change would help her most?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t1:2
# text = Which change would help her most?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | would | which change |  | Ella |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Leaving everything out so she can see it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t1:o1:1
# text = Leaving everything out so she can see it
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave out** | gerund |  | everything |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | can | she | it |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tidying only when friends come round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t1:o2:1
# text = Tidying only when friends come round
1	Tidying	tidy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	round	round	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tidy** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come round** | present | friends |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Giving her things a place and tidying a little each day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t1:o3:1
# text = Giving her things a place and tidying a little each day
1	Giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	tidying	tidy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obj	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund |  | things | her *= she* |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tidy** | gerund |  | a little |  |  | day |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Buying more school things so some are always lying about

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t1:o4:1
# text = Buying more school things so some are always lying about
1	Buying	buy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
3	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
10	about	about	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | gerund |  | more school things |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
| 2 | **lie** | present · progressive | some |  |  |  |  | about, always *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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