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title: everyone's saying Ollie's house is "full of cockroaches" cos he eats… — Bedroom, living room and manners at home · tree and pragmatics
description: everyone's saying Ollie's house is "full of cockroaches" cos he eats in bed. spread it? Test 18 of lesson 119 «Bedroom, living room and manners at home» 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 wron
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# Test 18 · Bedroom, living room and manners at home

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everyone's saying Ollie's house is "full of cockroaches" cos he eats in bed. spread it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** everyone, house, Ollie · **What happens:** say, be, eat, spread · **To what, where:** bed, house · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 of lesson 119 «Bedroom, living room and manners at home» 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/119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t18:1
# text = everyone's saying Ollie's house is "full of cockroaches" cos he eats in bed. spread it?
1	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	cockroaches	cockroach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
13	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
19	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Ollie's house |  |  |  |  | of cockroaches; full *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **eat** | present | Ollie |  |  | bed |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **spread** | infinitive |  | house |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |

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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, people should know before they visit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t18:o1:1
# text = Yes, people should know before they visit
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	visit	visit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | should | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **visit** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, it is unkind and probably not true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t18:o2:1
# text = No, it is unkind and probably not true
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | unkind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, if you say you heard it from someone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t18:o3:1
# text = Yes, if you say you heard it from someone
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hear** | past | you | it |  | someone |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Topic from someone=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, but only post it in the group chat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t18:o4:1
# text = Yes, but only post it in the group chat
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	post	post	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the group chat |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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