---
title: A boy: "If your parents check your history, it means they don't trus… — The parents walk in: how good parents… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy: "If your parents check your history, it means they don't trust you." Is that right here? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 59 «The parents walk in: how good parents react» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/t11/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [The parents walk in: how good parents…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/) / t11

# Test 11 · ★★ · The parents walk in: how good parents react

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A boy: "If your parents check your history, it means they don't trust you." Is that right here?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parents, it, that · **What happens:** check, mean, not trust, be · **To what, where:** history, boy, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 59 «The parents walk in: how good parents react» 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/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/#t11).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* A boy: "If your parents check your history, it means they don't trust you."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t11:1
# text = A boy: "If your parents check your history, it means they don't trust you."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	check	check	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	trust	trust	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	ccomp	_	_
18	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | your parents | your history |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent history=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | it | a boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **trust** *in a quote* | present · do-support | parents *= parent* | you |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* Is that right here?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t11:2
# text = Is that right here?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  | here |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, after an accident it's to understand and fix it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t11:o1:1
# text = No, after an accident it's to understand and fix it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | accident |  |  |  |  | understand *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fix** | infinitive | accident *not said here* | accident |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, history is checked only to find good films

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t11:o2:1
# text = No, history is checked only to find good films
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	checked	check	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present · passive |  | history |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | good films |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, parents never check anything for a good reason

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, parents never check anything for a good reason
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	check	check	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **check** | present | parents | anything |  |  |  | for a good reason | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent anything=Theme for reason=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, checking history always means they think you lie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t11:o4:1
# text = Yes, checking history always means they think you lie
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	checking	check	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
4	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lie	lie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | gerund |  | history |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent history=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | checking |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **lie** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [The parents walk in: how good parents…, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/t10/)
- next →: [The parents walk in: how good parents…, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/e1/)
- ↑ back to [The parents walk in: how good parents react](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/)

