Test 11 · ★ · Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and ad…

kids in class laugh at the new girl's accent

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: kids, new girl · What happens: laugh, accent · To what, where: accent

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 313 «Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and adverts» 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	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 laugh	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 class	case
3	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 kids	nmod
4	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	10 accent	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 girl	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 girl	amod
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 accent	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 girl	case
10	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laugh	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	kids in class			the new girl's accent			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	accent		the 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Don't join in, stand up for her or stay with her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 join	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 join	advmod
3	join	join	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	3 join	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stand	punct
6	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 join	conj
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 stand	compound:prt
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stand	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 stay	cc
11	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 join	conj
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not join in	imperative · do-support	you not said here		vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	stand up	infinitive	you not said here	for her = she	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stay	infinitive	you not said here	with her = she	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with she=Location

Option 2

Tell her to talk normal

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	to	to	PART	_	4 talk	mark
4	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 talk	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	talk not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here					normal property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Laugh too so you fit in, it's only a bit of fun

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	so	so	ADV	_	5 fit	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 fit	nsubj
5	fit	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Laugh	advcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	5 fit	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bit	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 bit	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 bit	cop
10	only	only	ADV	_	12 bit	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bit	det
12	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Laugh	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 fun	case
14	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	laugh	imperative	you not said here			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fit in	present	you			vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	it	a bit	of fun	tree rules

Option 4

Copy her accent to be funny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Copy	obj
3	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Copy	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	6 funny	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 funny	cop
6	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Copy	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	imperative	you not said here	her = she					tree rules
2	is	to-infinitive	you not said here					funny property	tree rules

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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