Test 18 · ★★ · Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny?

everyone's laughing at that new girl's accent, my mate said she cried in the toilets. lol. pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: everyone, mate, new girl · What happens: laugh, say, cry, pass on, accent · To what, where: accent, toilets · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★★ 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 laughing	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 laughing	aux
3	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 said	advcl
4	at	at	ADP	_	9 accent	case
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 girl	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 girl	amod
7	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 accent	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 girl	case
9	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 laughing	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 said	punct
11	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mate	nmod:poss
12	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 said	nsubj
13	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 cried	nsubj
15	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 said	ccomp
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 toilets	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 toilets	det
18	toilets	toilet	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 cried	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 said	punct
20	lol	lol	INTJ	_	13 said	discourse
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 pass	punct
22	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 said	parataxis
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 pass	obj
24	on	on	ADP	_	22 pass	compound:prt
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	laugh	present · progressive	everyone		that new girl's accent	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	cry speech: express	past	mate		the toilets	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in toilet=Location
4	pass on	infinitive		accent		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
5	accent		that new girl			nom accent «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

Yes, it's just a funny story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 story	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 story	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 story	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	8 story	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 story	det
7	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 story	amod
8	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a funny story					tree rules

Option 2

Yes, it's only teasing, not bullying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 teasing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 teasing	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 teasing	aux
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 teasing	advmod
6	teasing	tease	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bullying	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 bullying	advmod
9	bullying	bully	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 teasing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	present · progressive	it						vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not bully	gerund							vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, mocking accents is unkind and so is spreading it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 unkind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	mocking	mock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 unkind	csubj
4	accents	accent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mocking	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 unkind	cop
6	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 spreading	cc
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 spreading	advmod
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 spreading	aux
10	spreading	spread	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 unkind	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 spreading	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mock	gerund		accents		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accent=Theme
2	is	present	mocking		unkind property	tree rules
3	spread	present · progressive	mocking not said here	it		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 4

Yes, if you don't say her name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 say	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 say	nsubj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 say	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 say	advmod
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 name	nmod:poss
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	present · do-support	you	her name					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic
2	name		her = she						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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