P035A4 Clip Notes
| Notes:n:nn | by Analyst, transcribed, 12/07/2025; video loaded 2/18/2014 |
| on the Clip: | |
| on the Text: | Two points stand out in the text of this clip (which was part of a cotimuous session with P035A3, separated for analysis purposes). This break marks the point where Peggy lost interest in the activity and stopped the game of imitating speech sounds. The consequence for forming this transcription was significant: with no comprehensible interactions, the speech to text transcription process recognized no structure that could be segregated into dialogue of different speakers. The automatic transcription produced a string of text, ascribed to a single speaker, as follows: [00:00:02.28] – Speaker 1 That’s where the scissors went. Can you say zvi back, Peggy. And your lips dropped it. We have to wait till our mouth is empty? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Well, maybe we should. Peggy, you. Mom, mom, mom. Did you say fine? I don’t think you said fine. No, I think you said… Oh, it’s that same old bumb, bumb, bumb stuff thing. Can you say mom, mom, mom, mom, mom Hi, Peggy. Remember me? I’m the guy that says mom, mom, mom, mom, mom all the time. Peggy. Does that work pretty good? We’ll leave that for early. Peggy. You-hoo. Peggy. Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, Peggy? How about Mama, Mama, Mama? Mama, Mama, Mama? No. I guess she doesn’t want to play this game. Let’s stop here and do whatever else we’re going to do. Okay? Peg? Is that okay with you? Peggy. How about a big smile? Can you smile? No? Can you say, Bum, Bum, Bum, or something? What a manufactured smile that is. Yeah. Watch this, Peg. You ready? Peggy. Can you do this, Peggy? Peggy. Peggy.. Peggy. Watch. Text corrections, episodes, speaker identifications and action notes of the dialogue below were produced entirely manually. |
| on the Trace: | |
| Video Clip: | Context |
| Setting,Props | Cedar Hall, Family Room: |
| Actors,Aims | Peggy and Bob, with Mom helping; Bob on camera. |
| Actions: | Transcribed as Text Episodes |
| Episode A: at 00:06 |
Mom: [Holding Peggy on her lap] That’s where the scissors went. [Mom reaches out for a bit of zwieback on the table] Peggy: Bub bub bub. Bub bub. [examines zwieback crumb in Mom’s hand, takes and drops it.] Bob: Bub bub bub…. Can you say zwieback, Peggy? Mom: or whoops, dropped it. Bob: Do we have to wait till her mouth is empty? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Peggy: [mouths fingers and chews zwieback, focused on that] Bob: Well, maybe we should. Peggy, you-hoo. Peggy: [Looks at Bob but does not respond vocally] Bob: [whistles, while…] |
| Episode B: at 00:43 |
Mom: [speaking behind her head says] Mum, mum, mum. Peggy: [chewing] NVV [looking down, below the table surface] Bob: Did you say fine? I don’t think you said fine. Mom: No, I think she said… [NVV] (imitating Peggy’s previous sound) NVVs… NVVs (several of variable pitch and vowels) Bob: Oh, it’s that same old bub, bub, bub stuff, Peg. Peggy: [independently babbles a bit more] |
| Episode C: at 01:04/td> | Bob: Can you say mom, mom, mom, mom, mom Peggy: [Not engaged, she focused below, babbling a bit] Bob: Peggy, yoo-hoo. Hi, Peggy. Peggy: [Rises up (and is lifted by Mom), looks at Bob, but immediately returns her focus to what is below, on the seat of a chair] Bob: Remember me? I’m the guy that says mom, mom, mom, mom, mom all the time. Peggy [after this call, he whistles]. Bob: (When Peggy looks back and smiles… )Does that work pretty good? Mom: Only temporarily. |
| Episode D: at 01:32 |
Bob: Peggy. You-hoo. Peggy. Bub, bub, bub, bub, bub, Peggy: [squeals twice and is not engaged in the following sounds] Bob: Peggy? How about Mama, Mama, Mama? Mama, Mama, Mama?… No? I guess she doesn’t want to play this game. |
| Episode E: at 01:55 |
Let’s stop here (Mom: Okay) and do whatever else we’re going to do. Okay? Bob: Peg? Is that okay with you? Bob: Peggy. How about a big smile? Can you smile? No? Can you say, Bum, Bum, Bum, or something? [he whistles too for variety] Mom: [bounces Peggy in her lap, which brings a big smile] Bob: What a manufactured smile that is! Yeah. Bob: Watch this, Peg. (a novelty is coming! ) You ready? Peggy. Can you do this, Peggy? [Bob: makes a popping sound by inserting his finger in his mouth and rapidly snapping it out past a stiff check]… Peggy. Peggy… Peggy. Watch. Peggy: [does watch, open eyed, Bob’s repetition of the sound] |
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| Actions: | Traced in More Detail |
| Trace: | of collated sensory and motor details (as available) |
| AI Summary: | as Contents List – Mom holds Peggy on her lap; they notice missing scissors and a zwieback crumb on the table. – Peggy examines a zwieback piece, takes it, then drops it; continues chewing and mouthing fingers. – Both Mom and Bob try to elicit vocalizations, asking Peggy to say “zwieback,” “mom/mama,” and repeating “bub bub.” – Peggy primarily babbles independently (“bub bub,” NVV sounds) and remains focused on objects below the table/chair. – Bob attempts to get her attention with “you-hoo,” greetings, and whistling; engagement is brief and inconsistent. – Mom imitates Peggy’s NVV sounds; Bob remarks it’s the “same old bub, bub, bub stuff.” – Peggy occasionally looks and smiles at Bob but quickly returns to her own focus; she’s not interested in the “say mama” game. – Bob requests a smile; Mom bounces Peggy to elicit a big, “manufactured” smile. – Bob introduces a novelty popping sound made with his mouth to capture Peggy’s attention. – Peggy watches the popping-sound demonstration wide-eyed, showing visual attention more than vocal participation. |
| AI Narrative: | A quiet domestic scene unfolds around a small table, where a mother holds a baby named Peggy on her lap. The moment begins with an aside about misplaced scissors and a piece of zwieback on the table—a simple prop that becomes the focus of Peggy’s attention. She examines a crumb in her mother’s hand, takes it, and drops it without ceremony. Her babble—“bub bub bub”—fills the pauses as an adult voice, Bob, echoes her sounds and gently tries to engage her. Someone asks if she can say “zwieback,” and the adults share a small laugh when the crumb falls again. Attention soon turns to language. Bob wonders whether they should wait until Peggy’s mouth is empty before prompting her to imitate words. The mother supplies soft vocalizations—“mum, mum, mum”—behind Peggy’s head, while Peggy continues chewing and murmuring. Bob guesses at what she might have said, and the mother imitates Peggy’s earlier sounds with playful NVVs—nonsense vocalizations with shifting pitches and vowels. Bob notes that it’s “the same old bub, bub, bub stuff,” while Peggy continues to babble independently, more interested in her immediate surroundings than in the adults’ agenda. Repeated bids for attention follow: “Peggy, yoo-hoo,” “Hi, Peggy,” and a whistle to catch her eye. When lifted slightly, Peggy looks up at Bob and smiles, then quickly redirects her focus to something just below the tabletop—perhaps the seat of a chair. Bob wryly introduces himself as “the guy that says mom, mom, mom all the time,” and a whistle earns another brief smile. The exchange is playful but fleeting. The mother notes that these strategies work only “temporarily,” a matter-of-fact observation about the short windows of engagement typical for a baby at this stage. As the adults persist—calling her name, offering “Mama, Mama, Mama,” and asking for a smile—Peggy squeals, then drifts away from the “game.” Bob suggests stopping and moving on to whatever comes next, but not before trying once more for a “big smile” or a repeated sound like “bum, bum, bum.” The mother bounces Peggy on her lap, eliciting a wide grin. Bob calls it a “manufactured smile,” acknowledging that the physical cue produced the expression, even if the social intent behind it is uncertain. Finally, a small novelty arrives. Bob prepares a sound demonstration, making a popping noise by inserting a finger in his mouth and snapping it out past a stiff cheek. He asks Peggy to watch, repeating her name steadily. Peggy does watch, eyes open and attentive, as the sound is repeated. The episode closes on this note of sensory curiosity—an everyday moment that captures the rhythms of early interaction: shifting attention, playful imitation, and the gentle back-and-forth between adult prompts and a baby’s unfolding responses. |
| Link Index | Panel P035, Language Development, Object Exploration, Social Interactions |
| Themes, Interplay |
