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Exam question 3 · Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny?

It is given that a pupil laughs at a joke directed at himself. Select the most accurate inference.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: give, laugh, direct, select · To what, where: It, joke, accurate inference

This is exam question 3 of lesson 203 «Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny?» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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: It is given that a pupil laughs at a joke directed at himself.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 laughs	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 laughs	nsubj
7	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 joke	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 joke	det
10	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 laughs	obl
11	directed	direct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 joke	acl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 himself	case
13	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 directed	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	laugh	present	a pupil			a joke			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	direct	participle		a joke not said here				at pupil	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent at himself=Eventuality

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: Select the most accurate inference.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 inference	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurate	advmod
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 inference	amod
5	inference	inference	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the accurate inference					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inference=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The laughter proves that he is not hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 laughter	det
2	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proves	nsubj
3	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 hurt	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hurt	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hurt	aux:pass
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 hurt	advmod
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 proves	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	the laughter						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not hurt	present · passive		laughter					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

The laughter obliges the joke to be repeated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 laughter	det
2	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 obliges	nsubj
3	obliges	oblige	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 joke	det
5	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 obliges	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	8 repeated	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 repeated	aux:pass
8	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 joke	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present	the laughter	the joke					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=Patient
2	repeat	to-infinitive · passive	the laughter not said here	the joke not said here					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The laughter does not prove that he finds the joke amusing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 laughter	det
2	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prove	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 prove	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 prove	advmod
5	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 finds	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 finds	nsubj
8	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 prove	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 joke	det
10	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 finds	obj
11	amusing	amusing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 finds	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not prove	present · do-support	the laughter						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	find	present	laughter	the joke				amusing property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=Topic

Option 4

The laughter shows that he began the joke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 laughter	det
2	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 began	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 began	nsubj
6	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shows	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 joke	det
8	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 began	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	the laughter						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	begin	past	laughter	the joke					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=Eventuality

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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