---
title: The fence round a building site has a gap. Why should you still not… — Helpers in town and building sites · tree and pragmatics
description: The fence round a building site has a gap. Why should you still not go in? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 274 «Helpers in town and building sites» 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 wrong.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites/t9/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Helpers in town and building sites](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites/) / t9

# Test 9 · ★ · Helpers in town and building sites

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fence round a building site has a gap. Why should you still not go in?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fence, you · **What happens:** have, not go in · **To what, where:** gap

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 274 «Helpers in town and building sites» 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/274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites/#t9).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* The fence round a building site has a gap.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:t9:1
# text = The fence round a building site has a gap.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	round	round	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	site	site	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the fence round a building site | a gap |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gap=Patient |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* Why should you still not go in?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:t9:2
# text = Why should you still not go in?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go in** | should | you |  |  |  | still |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Builders will give you a job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:t9:o1:1
# text = Builders will give you a job
1	Builders	builder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | future | Builders | a job | you |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient job=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fence is only for decoration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:t9:o2:1
# text = The fence is only for decoration
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	decoration	decoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the fence |  |  |  |  | for decoration | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
There are holes, machines and falling things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:t9:o3:1
# text = There are holes, machines and falling things
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	amod	_	_
8	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **does** | present | holes and machines and falling things |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You might find treasure buried in the ground, and it belongs to the builders

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:t9:o4:1
# text = You might find treasure buried in the ground, and it belongs to the builders
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	builders	builder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | might | You | treasure |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent treasure=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **bury** | participle |  | treasure *not said here* |  | the ground |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in ground=Destination |
| 3 | **belong** | present | treasure |  |  |  |  | to the builders | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Helpers in town and building sites, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites/t8/)
- next →: [Helpers in town and building sites, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites/t10/)
- ↑ back to [Helpers in town and building sites](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites/)