Test 1 · ★★ · Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny?

A girl in Sacramento says «Oh, brilliant!» when her ice cream falls on the ground. Is she lying?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, ice cream · What happens: say, fall, lie · To what, where: ground · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 203 «Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny?» 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.

The question

Sentence 1: A girl in Sacramento says «Oh, brilliant!» when her ice cream falls on the ground.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Sacramento	case
4	Sacramento	Sacramento	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 brilliant	punct
7	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	9 brilliant	discourse
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Oh	punct
9	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 says	ccomp
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 brilliant	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 brilliant	punct
12	when	when	SCONJ	_	16 falls	mark
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 cream	nmod:poss
14	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cream	compound
15	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 falls	nsubj
16	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	advcl
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 ground	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 ground	det
19	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 falls	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a girl in Sacramento						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	fall	present	girl's ice cream			the ground			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on ground=Location

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: Is she lying?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lying	aux
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lying	nsubj
3	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 lying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present · progressive	girl						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No, it is sarcasm, and everyone understands she means the opposite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 sarcasm	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sarcasm	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sarcasm	cop
5	sarcasm	sarcasm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 means	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 understands	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 understands	cc
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 understands	nsubj
9	understands	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 means	advcl
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 means	nsubj
11	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 opposite	det
13	opposite	opposite	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	it	sarcasm	tree rules
2	understand	present	everyone		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	mean	present	sarcasm	the opposite	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opposite=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, because she wants to trick her friends into thinking she is happy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	14 happy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wants	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 wants	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wants	nsubj
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Yes	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 trick	mark
7	trick	trick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wants	xcomp
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 friends	nmod:poss
9	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 trick	obj
10	into	into	SCONJ	_	11 thinking	mark
11	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 trick	advcl
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 thinking	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 happy	cop
14	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	present	she			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	trick not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	her friends		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient
3	think speech: other	gerund	she			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present			happy property	tree rules

Option 3

No, she really thinks it is brilliant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 thinks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thinks	nsubj
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 thinks	advmod
5	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 brilliant	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 brilliant	cop
8	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thinks	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	she						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it					brilliant property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, because she says it is brilliant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 says	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 brilliant	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 brilliant	cop
8	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it					brilliant property	tree rules

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