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description: Dad, hissing to Mum in the kitchen: "We should've put a PIN on it months ago." Who is he blaming? Test 5 · ★★ 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
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# Test 5 · ★★ · The parents walk in: how good parents react

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Dad, hissing to Mum in the kitchen: "We should've put a PIN on it months ago." Who is he blaming?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dad · **What happens:** hiss, put, blame · **To what, where:** Mum, kitchen, Dad, PIN

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad, hissing to Mum in the kitchen: "We should've put a PIN on it months ago."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t5:1
# text = Dad, hissing to Mum in the kitchen: "We should've put a PIN on it months ago."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	hissing	hiss	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	've	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux	_	_
14	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	PIN	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
19	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl:unmarked	_	_
20	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hiss** | gerund | Dad *not said here* |  | Mum | the kitchen |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to mum=Recipient |
| 2 | **put** *in a quote* | should · perfect · passive |  | Dad |  | PIN |  | ago *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset pin=Goal |

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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:* Who is he blaming?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t5:2
# text = Who is he blaming?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	blaming	blame	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	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 | **blame** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The neighbours, for having a louder TV

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t5:o1:1
# text = The neighbours, for having a louder TV
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund | the neighbours | a louder TV |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tv=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The TV shop, for selling them the TV

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t5:o2:1
# text = The TV shop, for selling them the TV
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | gerund | the TV shop | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient tv=Theme |

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

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Himself and Mum, for not setting it up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t5:o3:1
# text = Himself and Mum, for not setting it up
1	Himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	setting	set	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **set up** | gerund | Himself *= he* | it |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Their child, for using the TV at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react:t5:o4:1
# text = Their child, for using the TV at all
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund | Their child | the TV |  | all |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tv=Patient |

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