Test 7 · ★ · Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa
Leo: "Everyone was cracking up, so the jokes must've been well funny." What could be going on?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, jokes · What happens: crack up, be, go on
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 53 «Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa» 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: Leo: "Everyone was cracking up, so the jokes must've been well funny."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 cracking | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 cracking | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 cracking | punct |
| 4 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 cracking | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 cracking | aux |
| 6 | cracking | crack | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 cracking | compound:prt |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 funny | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 funny | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 jokes | det |
| 11 | jokes | joke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 funny | nsubj |
| 12 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 funny | aux |
| 13 | 've | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 funny | aux |
| 14 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 funny | cop |
| 15 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 16 funny | advmod |
| 16 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cracking | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 cracking | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 cracking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crack up in a quote | past · progressive | Leo | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | must · perfect | the jokes | funny, well 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: What could be going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 going | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 going | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 going | aux |
| 4 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 going | compound:prt |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | could · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The audience is laughing at Leo at home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 audience | det |
| 2 | audience | audience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 laughing | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 laughing | aux |
| 4 | laughing | laugh | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 Leo | case |
| 6 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 laughing | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 home | case |
| 8 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 laughing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present · progressive | the audience | Leo | at home | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Jokes on TV are tested on scientists first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jokes | joke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 tested | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 TV | case |
| 3 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Jokes | nmod |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 tested | aux:pass |
| 5 | tested | test | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 scientists | case |
| 7 | scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 tested | obl |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 tested | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | test | present · passive | Jokes on TV | scientists | first property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
Studio audiences are always the funniest people in the country
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Studio | studio | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 audiences | compound |
| 2 | audiences | audience | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 people | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 people | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 people | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 people | det |
| 6 | funniest | funny | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 people | amod |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 country | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 country | det |
| 10 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 people | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Studio audiences | the funniest people | the country | always property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A warm-up act and added laughter make the audience laugh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 act | det |
| 2 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 up | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 warm | punct |
| 4 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 act | compound |
| 5 | act | act | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 make | nsubj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 added | cc |
| 7 | added | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 act | conj |
| 8 | laughter | laughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 added | obj |
| 9 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 laugh | det |
| 11 | audience | audience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 laugh | compound |
| 12 | laugh | laugh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | past | a up act not said here | laughter | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laughter=Patient | ||||
| 2 | make | present | a up act | the audience laugh | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset laugh=Product |
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