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title: Dad, grumbling at the telly: "Who on earth puts an advert like that… — Landing on an 18 film by accident: how… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad, grumbling at the telly: "Who on earth puts an advert like that on during the footy at teatime?" What is he cross about? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 58 «Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how it feels» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 8 · ★ · Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how…

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Dad, grumbling at the telly: "Who on earth puts an advert like that on during the footy at teatime?" What is he cross about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dad · **What happens:** grumble, put on, be · **To what, where:** telly, advert, earth · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 58 «Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how it feels» of the adult life 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/adult-life/58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad, grumbling at the telly: "Who on earth puts an advert like that on during the footy at teatime?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident:t8:1
# text = Dad, grumbling at the telly: "Who on earth puts an advert like that on during the footy at teatime?"
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	grumbling	grumble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
12	puts	put	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	advert	advert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	obl	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
18	during	during	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	footy	footy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	teatime	teatime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grumble** *speech: other* | gerund | Dad *not said here* |  |  | the telly |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **put on** *in a quote* | present | Dad | a advert |  | earth | during the footy at teatime | like Dad | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent advert=Theme on earth=Destination |

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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:* What is he cross about?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident:t8:2
# text = What is he cross about?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The TV was too loud during teatime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident:t8:o1:1
# text = The TV was too loud during teatime
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	during	during	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	teatime	teatime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the TV |  |  |  | during teatime | loud *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The football match finished far too early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident:t8:o2:1
# text = The football match finished far too early
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	finished	finish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **finish** | past | the football match |  |  |  |  | early, far *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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An advert unsuitable for children came on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident:t8:o3:1
# text = An advert unsuitable for children came on
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	advert	advert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	unsuitable	unsuitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come on** | past | a advert |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His team lost because of the advert

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident:t8:o4:1
# text = His team lost because of the advert
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	advert	advert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | His team |  |  |  |  | because the advert | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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