Test 14 · ★★ · Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny?

we always call him "tubby", he laughs so it's fine right

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, he, it · What happens: call, laugh, be · To what, where: him · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★★ 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	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 call	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 call	advmod
3	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 call	obj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 tubby	punct
6	tubby	tubby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 call	xcomp
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 tubby	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 laughs	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 laughs	nsubj
10	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 call	conj
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 right	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 right	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 right	cop
14	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 right	amod
15	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 laughs	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	call	present	we	him = he	always, tubby property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	laugh	present	he			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	it		right 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, people often laugh to hide being hurt, stop it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 laugh	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 laugh	nsubj
4	often	often	ADV	_	5 laugh	advmod
5	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 hide	mark
7	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 laugh	advcl
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 hurt	aux:pass
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 hide	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stop	punct
11	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 laugh	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	people		often property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hide	to-infinitive	people not said here			tree rules
3	hurt	gerund · passive	people not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
4	stop	infinitive	people not said here	it		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality

Option 2

Only if a teacher hears it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 hears	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 hears	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hears	nsubj
5	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hears	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present	a teacher	it					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3

Yes, if he laughs it's only a joke and nobody is hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 laughs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 laughs	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 laughs	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 laughs	nsubj
5	laughs	laugh	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	10 joke	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 joke	cop
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 joke	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 joke	det
10	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 laughs	ccomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 hurt	cc
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	14 hurt	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 hurt	aux:pass
14	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 joke	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	laugh	present	he		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	it	a joke	tree rules
3	hurt	present · passive		nobody	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Yes, nicknames are normal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 normal	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	nicknames	nickname	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 normal	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 normal	cop
5	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	nicknames					normal property	tree rules

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