--- title: Dad downstairs: «Why is there a WET PATCH on the ceiling?!» What hel… — Accidents told too late · tree and pragmatics description: Dad downstairs: «Why is there a WET PATCH on the ceiling?!» What helps most now? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 343 «Accidents told too late» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/343-accidents-told-too-late/t4/) [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/) / [Accidents told too late](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/343-accidents-told-too-late/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Accidents told too late Dad downstairs: «Why is there a WET PATCH on the ceiling?!» What helps most now? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dad · **What happens:** be, help · **To what, where:** WET PATCH, ceiling This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 343 «Accidents told too late» 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/343-accidents-told-too-late/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dad downstairs: «Why is there a WET PATCH on the ceiling?!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:t4:1 # text = Dad downstairs: «Why is there a WET PATCH on the ceiling?!» 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 2 downstairs downstairs ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 WET wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 PATCH patch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 ceiling ceiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ?! ?! PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Dad | a WET PATCH | | the ceiling | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What helps most now? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:t4:2 # text = What helps most now? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | | | | | now | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Say it was always there ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:t4:o1:1 # text = Say it was always there 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | | always, there *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Hide more towels ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:t4:o2:1 # text = Hide more towels 1 Hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 towels towel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | more towels | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent towel=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Tell him about the bath straight away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:t4:o3:1 # text = Tell him about the bath straight away 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 straight straight ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | about the bath; away *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about bath=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Say it's raining inside the house again ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:343-accidents-told-too-late:t4:o4:1 # text = Say it's raining inside the house again 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 raining rain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 ccomp _ _ 5 inside inside ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **rain** | present · progressive | it | | | the house | again | | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | **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. 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