--- title: Dad: «Bike's rusty. Left it out again?» What fixes it? — Chores you skipped · tree and pragmatics description: Dad: «Bike's rusty. Left it out again?» What fixes it? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 350 «Chores you skipped» 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/350-chores-you-skipped/t9/) [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/) / [Chores you skipped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Chores you skipped Dad: «Bike's rusty. Left it out again?» What fixes it? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** leave out, fix · **To what, where:** Bike This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 350 «Chores you skipped» 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/350-chores-you-skipped/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dad: «Bike's rusty. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:350-chores-you-skipped:t9:1 # text = Dad: «Bike's rusty. 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Bike bike NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 rusty rusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Left it out again?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:350-chores-you-skipped:t9:2 # text = Left it out again?» 1 Left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave out** | past | | Bike | | | again | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | *Sentence 3:* What fixes it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:350-chores-you-skipped:t9:3 # text = What fixes it? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fixes fix VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | present | | Bike | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Say rain is the problem ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:350-chores-you-skipped:t9:o1:1 # text = Say rain is the problem 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 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 a** | present | rain | the problem | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Say sorry and oil it together, and put it away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:350-chores-you-skipped:t9:o2:1 # text = Say sorry and oil it together, and put it away 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 6 together together ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 away away ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | sorry and oil | | | | together *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic | | 2 | **put away** | infinitive | you *not said here* | oil | | | | away *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | ### Option 3 {#o3} Say nothing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:350-chores-you-skipped:t9:o3:1 # text = Say nothing 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Buy a new bike, since the old one is rusty now ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:350-chores-you-skipped:t9:o4:1 # text = Buy a new bike, since the old one is rusty now 1 Buy buy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 bike bike NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 since since SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 rusty rusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 12 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | imperative | you *not said here* | a new bike | | | now | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | the old one | | | | | rusty *property* | tree rules | **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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