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description: Ella's mum: "If it ever happens again, you won't be in trouble for telling me." What does Mum promise? Test 3 · ★★ 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;
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# Test 3 · ★★ · The parents walk in: how good parents react

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Ella's mum: "If it ever happens again, you won't be in trouble for telling me." What does Mum promise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it, mum · **What happens:** happen, not be, tell, promise · **To what, where:** trouble, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ella's mum: "If it ever happens again, you won't be in trouble for telling me."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t3:1
# text = Ella's mum: "If it ever happens again, you won't be in trouble for telling me."
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
13	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	cop	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
18	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
19	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	advcl	_	_
20	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  | ever; again |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | future | Ella's mum |  |  | trouble |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | Ella's mum *not said here* |  | me |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient |

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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 does Mum promise?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t3:2
# text = What does Mum promise?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	promise	promise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present · do-support | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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Telling won't get her into trouble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t3:o1:1
# text = Telling won't get her into trouble
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **get** | future | Telling | her *= she* |  | trouble |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She'll never be in trouble for anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t3:o2:1
# text = She'll never be in trouble for anything
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | future | She |  |  | trouble |  | for anything | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She must tell only if it happens twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t3:o3:1
# text = She must tell only if it happens twice
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | must | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **happen** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it |  |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It will never ever happen again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t3:o4:1
# text = It will never ever happen again
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **happen** | future | It |  |  |  | ever; again |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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