--- title: Isla's mum is at work. Something not for kids comes on at Nan's. Who… — Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up… · tree and pragmatics description: Isla's mum is at work. Something not for kids comes on at Nan's. Who can Isla tell? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 60 «Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental controls» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/t1/) [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/) / [Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★ · Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental contr… Isla's mum is at work. Something not for kids comes on at Nan's. Who can Isla tell? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, Something · **What happens:** be, come on, tell · **To what, where:** work, Nan · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 60 «Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental controls» 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/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Isla's mum is at work. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:t1:1 # text = Isla's mum is at work. 1 Isla Isla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Isla's mum | | | work | | | tree rules | 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:* Something not for kids comes on at Nan's. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:t1:2 # text = Something not for kids comes on at Nan's. 1 Something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 nsubj _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Nan Nan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come on** | present | Something | | | Nan | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at nan=Location | *Sentence 3:* Who can Isla tell? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:t1:3 # text = Who can Isla tell? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Isla Isla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | can | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nobody at all until Mum gets home ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:t1:o1:1 # text = Nobody at all until Mum gets home 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ _ 4 until until SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | Nobody | | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only a teacher at school ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:t1:o2:1 # text = Only a teacher at school 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Only her best friend ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:t1:o3:1 # text = Only her best friend 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Nan, or any trusted grown-up ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:t1:o4:1 # text = Nan, or any trusted grown-up 1 Nan Nan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 4 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 5 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 grown grown NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 up up NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: 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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