Test 10 · ★★ · Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny?
he called me a name then said jk, so its fine?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, jk · What happens: call, say · To what, where: me, name · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 called | nsubj |
| 2 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 called | obj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 name | det |
| 5 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 called | obj |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 said | advmod |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 name | acl:relcl |
| 8 | jk | jk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 said | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fine | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 fine | advmod |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 fine | nmod:poss |
| 12 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 called | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 called | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | he | me | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme name=Result | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | jk | a name not said here | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic |
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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, if he laughed too it was just a joke between you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 laughed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 laughed | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 laughed | nsubj |
| 5 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 joke | advcl |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 laughed | advmod |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 joke | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 joke | cop |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 joke | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 joke | det |
| 11 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | between | between | ADP | _ | 13 you | case |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 joke | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh a condition, not said to happen | past | he | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a joke | between you | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, you can say that wasn't funny to me
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 say | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 say | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 funny | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 funny | cop |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 funny | advmod |
| 9 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 say | ccomp |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 me | case |
| 11 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 funny | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | can | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is | past | that | me | funny property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, just laugh along
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 laugh | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 laugh | advmod |
| 4 | laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | along | along | ADV | _ | 4 laugh | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | imperative | you not said here | along property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yes, jk makes it okay
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 makes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | jk | jk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | nsubj |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 makes | obj |
| 6 | okay | okay | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | jk | it | okay property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
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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