--- title: A friend at a sleepover: "Don't ring your mum, it's embarrassing, ju… — Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up… · tree and pragmatics description: A friend at a sleepover: "Don't ring your mum, it's embarrassing, just watch it." What is the right choice? Test 10 · ★★ 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 ques --- [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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental contr… A friend at a sleepover: "Don't ring your mum, it's embarrassing, just watch it." What is the right choice? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sleepover, right choice · **What happens:** not ring, be, watch · **To what, where:** mum, sleepover This is test 10 · ★★ 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A friend at a sleepover: "Don't ring your mum, it's embarrassing, just watch it." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:t10:1 # text = A friend at a sleepover: "Don't ring your mum, it's embarrassing, just watch it." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sleepover sleepover NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 ring ring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 appos _ _ 11 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 embarrassing embarrassing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 just just ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **ring** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | your mum | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mum=Theme | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | sleepover | | | | | embarrassing *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **watch** *in a quote* | infinitive | | sleepover | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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 is the right choice? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:t10:2 # text = What is the right choice? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the right choice | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Go home without telling anybody ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:t10:o1:1 # text = Go home without telling anybody 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 without without SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 5 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* | | anybody | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anybody=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Pretend to watch with eyes closed ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:t10:o2:1 # text = Pretend to watch with eyes closed 1 Pretend pretend ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | to-infinitive | | | | | | with eyes | tree rules | | 2 | **close** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Ring home or leave the room anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:t10:o3:1 # text = Ring home or leave the room anyway 1 Ring ring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 or or CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the room | | | | anyway *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Watch it so the friend isn't upset ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls:t10:o4:1 # text = Watch it so the friend isn't upset 1 Watch watch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 so so SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 upset upset ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | the friend | | | | | upset *property* | tree rules | **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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