--- title: Mum on the phone to Auntie Sue: "No, I didn't go off at her, it wasn… — The parents walk in: how good parents… · tree and pragmatics description: Mum on the phone to Auntie Sue: "No, I didn't go off at her, it wasn't her fault, the bloody autoplay did it." What happened? Test 4 · ★★ 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 quest --- [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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · The parents walk in: how good parents react Mum on the phone to Auntie Sue: "No, I didn't go off at her, it wasn't her fault, the bloody autoplay did it." What happened? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, phone, bloody autoplay · **What happens:** not go off, not be, do, happen · **To what, where:** fault, phone This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum on the phone to Auntie Sue: "No, I didn't go off at her, it wasn't her fault, the bloody autoplay did it." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t4:1 # text = Mum on the phone to Auntie Sue: "No, I didn't go off at her, it wasn't her fault, the bloody autoplay did it." 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Auntie Auntie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 Sue Sue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 15 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 14 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 16 off off ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 22 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 bloody bloody ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 autoplay autoplay NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go off** *in a quote* | past · do-support | Mum on the phone to Auntie | | | | | at Auntie | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at she=Location | | 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | past | phone | Mum's fault | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | past | the bloody autoplay | phone | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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:* What happened? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t4:2 # text = What happened? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Auntie Sue switched the autoplay on by mistake ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t4:o1:1 # text = Auntie Sue switched the autoplay on by mistake 1 Auntie Auntie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Sue Sue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 switched switch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 autoplay autoplay NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **switch on** | past | Auntie | the autoplay | | | | by mistake | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent autoplay=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Mum stayed calm and blamed the autoplay, not the child ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t4:o2:1 # text = Mum stayed calm and blamed the autoplay, not the child 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 blamed blame VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 autoplay autoplay NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | Mum | | | | | calm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **blame** | past | Mum *not said here* | the autoplay | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent autoplay=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Mum is cross with Auntie Sue for not helping ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t4:o3:1 # text = Mum is cross with Auntie Sue for not helping 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 cross cross ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 Auntie Auntie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Sue Sue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 helping help VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Mum | | | | | with Auntie Sue; cross *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **help** | gerund | Mum *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Mum shouted at the child about the autoplay until she cried ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t4:o4:1 # text = Mum shouted at the child about the autoplay until she cried 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shouted shout VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 autoplay autoplay NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 until until SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | Mum | | | | | at the child about the autoplay | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Mum | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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