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title: A girl from Dublin says, "We never get bills, me da just pays them,… — Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water,… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl from Dublin says, "We never get bills, me da just pays them, so they're grand." ("Grand" means fine; "da" is dad.) What's really true? Test 10 of lesson 21 «Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 10 · Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax

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A girl from Dublin says, "We never get bills, me da just pays them, so they're grand." ("Grand" means fine; "da" is dad.) What's really true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, We, me da, bills, Grand, da · **What happens:** say, not get, pay, be, mean · **To what, where:** bills, dad · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 21 «Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax» of the money 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/money/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl from Dublin says, "We never get bills, me da just pays them, so they're grand."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t10:1
# text = A girl from Dublin says, "We never get bills, me da just pays them, so they're grand."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
11	bills	bill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	compound	_	_
14	da	da	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	just	just	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
20	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a girl from Dublin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **get** *in a quote* | present | We | bills |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bill=Stimulus |
| 3 | **pay** *in a quote* | present | me da |  | bills *= bill* |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | bills *= bill* |  |  |  |  | grand *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* ("Grand" means fine; "da" is dad.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t10:2
# text = ("Grand" means fine; "da" is dad.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Grand	Grand	PROPN	NNP	_	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	da	da	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Grand |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | da | dad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's really true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t10:3
# text = What's really true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Bills are paid out of the children's pocket money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t10:o1:1
# text = Bills are paid out of the children's pocket money
1	Bills	bill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay out** | present · passive |  | Bills |  | the children's pocket money |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient money=Asset |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Bills only come to houses that own a car

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t10:o2:1
# text = Bills only come to houses that own a car
1	Bills	bill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	own	own	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Bills |  |  | houses |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **own** | present | houses | a car |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot car=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She's right, some houses never have any bills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t10:o3:1
# text = She's right, some houses never have any bills
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	bills	bill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **have** | present | some houses | any bills |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bills still come, and her dad pays them, maybe by direct debit

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t10:o4:1
# text = The bills still come, and her dad pays them, maybe by direct debit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bills	bill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	direct	direct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	debit	debit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | the bills |  |  |  | still | by direct debit | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by debit=Location |
| 2 | **pay** | present | her dad |  | bills *= bill* |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset |

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