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title: Why should cords be picked up before you vacuum? — Chores and broken things · tree and pragmatics
description: Why should cords be picked up before you vacuum? Test 9 · ★ 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 9 · ★ · Chores and broken things

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Why should cords be picked up before you vacuum?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** pick up, vacuum · **To what, where:** cords

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t9:1
# text = Why should cords be picked up before you vacuum?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	cords	cord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	vacuum	vacuum	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | should · passive |  | cords |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **vacuum** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The vacuum can suck them in, tangle and break

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t9:o1:1
# text = The vacuum can suck them in, tangle and break
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vacuum	vacuum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	suck	suck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	tangle	tangle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suck in** | can | the vacuum | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source |
| 2 | **tangle** | infinitive | the vacuum *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **break** | infinitive | the vacuum *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cords make the vacuum too quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t9:o2:1
# text = Cords make the vacuum too quiet
1	Cords	cord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	vacuum	vacuum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Cords | the vacuum |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset vacuum=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The vacuum is scared of cords

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t9:o3:1
# text = The vacuum is scared of cords
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vacuum	vacuum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cords	cord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the vacuum |  |  |  |  | of cords; scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cords stop the floor from getting properly clean underneath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things:t9:o4:1
# text = Cords stop the floor from getting properly clean underneath
1	Cords	cord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	underneath	underneath	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | Cords | the floor |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality floor=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | gerund | Cords *not said here* |  |  |  |  | clean, underneath *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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