Test 8 · ★★ · How to handle gossip: is it true, is it kind, would I say… A boy, laughing at a classmate's old trainers: "But it's FUNNY!" The classmate isn't laughing. What is it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, classmate · What happens: laugh, be, not laugh · To what, where: old trainers, boy
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 49 «How to handle gossip: is it true, is it kind, would I say it to their face» 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 .
The question Sentence 1: A boy, laughing at a classmate's old trainers: "But it's FUNNY!"
det punct acl case det nmod:poss case amod obl punct punct cc nsubj cop acl:relcl punct punct root A DET boy NOUN , PUNCT laughing VERB at ADP a DET classmate NOUN 's PART old ADJ trainers NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT But CCONJ it PRON 's AUX FUNNY ADJ ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 boy det 2 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 laughing punct 4 laughing laugh VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 boy acl 5 at at ADP _ 10 trainers case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 classmate det 7 classmate classmate NOUN Number=Sing 10 trainers nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 classmate case 9 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 10 trainers amod 10 trainers trainer NOUN Number=Plur 4 laughing obl 11 : : PUNCT _ 2 boy punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 16 FUNNY punct 13 But but CCONJ _ 16 FUNNY cc 14 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 FUNNY nsubj 15 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 FUNNY cop 16 FUNNY funny ADJ Degree=Pos 2 boy acl:relcl 17 ! ! PUNCT _ 16 FUNNY punct 18 " " PUNCT _ 16 FUNNY punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 laugh gerund a boy not said here a classmate's old trainers vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present classmate a boy not said here funny property 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: The classmate isn't laughing.
det nsubj aux advmod punct root The DET classmate NOUN is AUX n't PART laughing VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 classmate det 2 classmate classmate NOUN Number=Sing 5 laughing nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 laughing aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 laughing advmod 5 laughing laugh VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 laughing punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not laugh present · progressive the classmate vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What is it?
cop nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX it PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 What nsubj 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present classmate tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Teasing, not a joke, if he isn't laughing
punct advmod det obl punct mark nsubj aux advmod conj root Teasing VERB , PUNCT not PART a DET joke NOUN , PUNCT if SCONJ he PRON is AUX n't PART laughing VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Teasing tease VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 5 joke punct 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 joke advmod 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 joke det 5 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing 1 Teasing obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 11 laughing punct 7 if if SCONJ _ 11 laughing mark 8 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 laughing nsubj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 laughing aux 10 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 11 laughing advmod 11 laughing laugh VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Teasing conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tease gerund a joke vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 not laugh a condition, not said to happen present · progressive he vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Fine, because trainers aren't private
punct mark nsubj cop advmod conj root Fine ADJ , PUNCT because SCONJ trainers NOUN are AUX n't PART private ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 7 private punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 7 private mark 4 trainers trainer NOUN Number=Plur 7 private nsubj 5 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 private cop 6 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 7 private advmod 7 private private ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Fine conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not is present trainers private property tree rules
Option 3 A joke, as long as most people laugh
det punct advmod advmod mark amod nsubj advcl root A DET joke NOUN , PUNCT as ADV long ADV as SCONJ most ADJ people NOUN laugh VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 joke det 2 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 5 long punct 4 as as ADV _ 5 long advmod 5 long long ADV Degree=Pos 2 joke advmod 6 as as SCONJ _ 9 laugh mark 7 most most ADJ Degree=Sup 8 people amod 8 people people NOUN Number=Plur 9 laugh nsubj 9 laugh laugh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 long advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 laugh present most people vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 Fine, because it is only words
amod punct mark nsubj cop advmod root Fine ADJ , PUNCT because SCONJ it PRON is AUX only ADV words NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 7 words amod 2 , , PUNCT _ 7 words punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 7 words mark 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 words nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 words cop 6 only only ADV _ 7 words advmod 7 words word NOUN Number=Plur root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present it Fine words tree rules
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