Test 6 · ★★ · Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny? A friend trips over in the playground and grazes her knee badly. Some children laugh. What should you do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, children, you · What happens: trip over, graze, laugh, do · To what, where: playground, knee
This is test 6 · ★★ 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 friend trips over in the playground and grazes her knee badly.
det nsubj advmod case det obl cc conj nmod:poss obj advmod punct root A DET friend NOUN trips VERB over ADV in ADP the DET playground NOUN and CCONJ grazes VERB her PRON knee NOUN badly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 friend det 2 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 3 trips nsubj 3 trips trip VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 over over ADV _ 3 trips advmod 5 in in ADP _ 7 playground case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 playground det 7 playground playground NOUN Number=Sing 3 trips obl 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 grazes cc 9 grazes graze VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 trips conj 10 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 knee nmod:poss 11 knee knee NOUN Number=Sing 9 grazes obj 12 badly badly ADV Degree=Pos 9 grazes advmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 trips punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 trip over present a friend the playground over property vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in playground=Trajectory 2 graze present a friend not said here friend's knee badly property vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knee=Experiencer
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: Some children laugh.
det nsubj punct root Some DET children NOUN laugh VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 children det 2 children child NOUN Number=Plur 3 laugh nsubj 3 laugh laugh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 . . PUNCT _ 3 laugh punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 laugh present some children vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What should you do?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX you PRON do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should you vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Tell her it looked funny
iobj nsubj ccomp xcomp root Tell VERB her PRON it PRON looked VERB funny ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Tell iobj 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 looked nsubj 4 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Tell ccomp 5 funny funny ADJ Degree=Pos 4 looked xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here her = she vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic 2 look past it funny property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Option 2 Laugh too, so you fit in with the others
advmod punct advmod nsubj advcl compound:prt case det obl root Laugh VERB too ADV , PUNCT so ADV you PRON fit VERB in ADP with ADP the DET others NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Laugh laugh VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 too too ADV _ 1 Laugh advmod 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 fit punct 4 so so ADV _ 6 fit advmod 5 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 fit nsubj 6 fit fit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Laugh advcl 7 in in ADP _ 6 fit compound:prt 8 with with ADP _ 10 others case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 others det 10 others other NOUN Number=Plur 6 fit obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 laugh imperative you not said here vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 fit in present you with the others vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Check if she is hurt and help her
mark nsubj aux:pass advcl cc conj obj root Check VERB if SCONJ she PRON is AUX hurt VERB and CCONJ help VERB her PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Check check VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 if if SCONJ _ 5 hurt mark 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 hurt nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 hurt aux:pass 5 hurt hurt VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Check advcl 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 help cc 7 help help VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Check conj 8 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 help obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 check imperative you not said here vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 hurt a condition, not said to happen present · passive she vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient 3 help infinitive you not said here her = she vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary
Option 4 Pretend not to know her
advmod mark xcomp obj root Pretend VERB not PART to PART know VERB her PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pretend pretend VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 not not PART Polarity=Neg 4 know advmod 3 to to PART _ 4 know mark 4 know know VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Pretend xcomp 5 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 know obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pretend imperative you not said here tree rules 2 not know to-infinitive you not said here her = she vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
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