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title: A new boiler drips water from a pipe outside on cold days. Is it bro… — Heating, water pipes and drains · tree and pragmatics
description: A new boiler drips water from a pipe outside on cold days. Is it broken? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Heating, water pipes and drains» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Heating, water pipes and drains

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A new boiler drips water from a pipe outside on cold days. Is it broken?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** new boiler · **What happens:** drip, break · **To what, where:** water, pipe, boiler

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Heating, water pipes and drains» of the technology 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/technology/13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A new boiler drips water from a pipe outside on cold days.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t7:1
# text = A new boiler drips water from a pipe outside on cold days.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	boiler	boiler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	drips	drip	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drip** | present | a new boiler | water |  | a pipe | day | outside *property* | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme from pipe=Initial\_Location |

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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:* Is it broken?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t7:2
# text = Is it broken?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present · passive |  | boiler |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Not necessarily; condensing boilers drip water from their steam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t7:o1:1
# text = Not necessarily; condensing boilers drip water from their steam
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	condensing	condense	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	boilers	boiler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	drip	drip	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **condense** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **drip** | present | condensing boilers | water |  | boilers's steam |  | necessarily *property* | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme from steam=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, it must be switched off at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t7:o2:1
# text = Yes, it must be switched off at once
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	switched	switch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch off** | must · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the water is leaking gas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t7:o3:1
# text = Yes, the water is leaking gas
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	leaking	leak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leak** | present · progressive | the water | gas |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gas=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it is rain caught in the pipe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains:t7:o4:1
# text = No, it is rain caught in the pipe
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present · passive |  | it |  | the pipe |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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