--- title: Theo's parents agree a family rule: "If anything odd comes on, switc… — The parents walk in: how good parents… · tree and pragmatics description: Theo's parents agree a family rule: "If anything odd comes on, switch off and tell." Why is a rule like that useful? Test 2 · ★★ 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 o --- [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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · The parents walk in: how good parents react Theo's parents agree a family rule: "If anything odd comes on, switch off and tell." Why is a rule like that useful? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parents, anything, rule · **What happens:** agree, come on, switch off, tell, be · **To what, where:** family rule · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Theo's parents agree a family rule: "If anything odd comes on, switch off and tell." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t2:1 # text = Theo's parents agree a family rule: "If anything odd comes on, switch off and tell." 1 Theo Theo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 agree agree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 If if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 13 nsubj _ _ 12 odd odd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 13 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 on on ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 switch switch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 17 off off ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | Theo's parents | a family rule | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent that S»: agent=Agent rule=Co-Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come on** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | anything | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **switch off** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why is a rule like that useful? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t2:2 # text = Why is a rule like that useful? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nmod _ _ 7 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a rule like that | | | | | useful *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It means the TV is switched off for good ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t2:o1:1 # text = It means the TV is switched off for good 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 TV TV NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 switched switch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **switch off** | present · passive | | the TV | | | | for good | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Everyone knows exactly what to do next time ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t2:o2:1 # text = Everyone knows exactly what to do next time 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | Everyone | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | | time | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} It lets the parents shout without feeling bad ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t2:o3:1 # text = It lets the parents shout without feeling bad 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lets let VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 shout shout VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 xcomp _ _ 6 without without SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | present | It | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | the parents | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **feel** | gerund | the parents *not said here* | | | | | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} It makes sure nothing odd ever comes on again ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t2:o4:1 # text = It makes sure nothing odd ever comes on again 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 obj _ _ 5 odd odd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 7 advmod _ _ 7 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 on on ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | nothing | | | | odd *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material nothing=Product | | 2 | **come on** | present | | | | | ever; again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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