Test 19 · ★ · Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and ad…

kids say the girl who cried at the prank "has no sense of humour". pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids, girl · What happens: say, cry, have, pass on, sense · To what, where: prank, sense, humour · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 has	nsubj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 cried	nsubj
6	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 girl	acl:relcl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 prank	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prank	det
9	prank	prank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cried	obl
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 prank	punct
11	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 say	ccomp
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 sense	det
13	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 has	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 humour	case
15	humour	humour	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sense	nmod
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 has	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
18	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 say	parataxis
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 pass	obj
20	on	on	ADP	_	18 pass	compound:prt
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	kids			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cry speech: express	past	the girl		the prank	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at prank=Location
3	have in a quote	present	the girl	no sense of humour		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sense=Patient
4	pass on	infinitive		sense		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
5	sense in a quote			humour		nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

No, the joke ended when she was hurt; say sorry instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 ended	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 joke	det
4	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ended	nsubj
5	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 hurt	advmod
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hurt	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 hurt	aux:pass
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ended	ccomp
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 say	punct
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 ended	conj
12	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 say	xcomp
13	instead	instead	ADV	_	11 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	end	past	the joke			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	hurt	past · passive		joke		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	say speech: apologize	infinitive	the joke not said here		instead, sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, and prank her again till she learns to laugh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 prank	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 prank	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 prank	cc
4	prank	prank	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 prank	obj
6	again	again	ADV	_	4 prank	advmod
7	till	till	SCONJ	_	9 learns	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 learns	nsubj
9	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prank	advcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 laugh	mark
11	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 learns	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	prank	imperative	you not said here	her = she	again	tree rules
2	learn	present	she			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	laugh	to-infinitive	she not said here			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, and post it in the chat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 post	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 post	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 post	cc
4	post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 post	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 chat	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chat	det
8	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 post	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	imperative	you not said here	it		the chat			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Yes, she has none

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	4 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	she	none					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient

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