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title: «if my dad really loved me he'd ring, so it's my fault innit». Right? — The parent who left, and a new partner · tree and pragmatics
description: «if my dad really loved me he'd ring, so it's my fault innit». Right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 517 «The parent who left, and a new partner» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 1 · ★ · The parent who left, and a new partner

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«if my dad really loved me he'd ring, so it's my fault innit». Right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, it · **What happens:** love, ring, be, innit · **To what, where:** me, fault

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 517 «The parent who left, and a new partner» of the everyday 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/everyday/517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «if my dad really loved me he'd ring, so it's my fault innit».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t1:1
# text = «if my dad really loved me he'd ring, so it's my fault innit».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
7	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	ring	ring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
17	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | my dad | me |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus |
| 2 | **ring** *in a quote* | would | dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | my fault |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive | dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t1:2
# text = Right?
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, kids make parents stop calling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, kids make parents stop calling
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | kids | parents |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | infinitive | parents *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **call** | gerund | parents *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, it's Mum's fault for him leaving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t1:o2:1
# text = No, it's Mum's fault for him leaving
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
10	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | Mum's fault |  |  |  | for him *= he* | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, if you were naughty that year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, if you were naughty that year
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	naughty	naughty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	det	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | you |  |  |  | year | naughty *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it's about Dad, never the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t1:o4:1
# text = No, it's about Dad, never the child
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | about Dad | tree rules |

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