Test 10 · ★ · Nightmares after a scary game
«jayden laughed at the scary bit so he's the bravest». Does laughing prove bravery?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jayden · What happens: laugh, be, prove · To what, where: scary bit, bravery
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 402 «Nightmares after a scary game» 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: «jayden laughed at the scary bit so he's the bravest».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 laughed | punct |
| 2 | jayden | jayden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 laughed | nsubj |
| 3 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 bit | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 6 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bit | amod |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 laughed | obl |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 bravest | advmod |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 bravest | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 bravest | cop |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 bravest | det |
| 12 | bravest | brave | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 laughed | advcl |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 laughed | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 laughed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh in a quote | past | jayden | the scary bit | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | jayden | brave 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.
Sentence 2: Does laughing prove bravery?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 prove | aux |
| 2 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 prove | nsubj |
| 3 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | bravery | bravery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 prove | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 prove | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | gerund | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | prove | present · do-support | bravery | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bravery=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, laughing means he's ill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 laughing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 means | csubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ill | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 ill | cop |
| 7 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | gerund | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | laughing | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | he | ill property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, laughing always means you're not scared
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 means | csubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 means | advmod |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 scared | nsubj |
| 7 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 scared | cop |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 scared | advmod |
| 9 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | gerund | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | laughing | always property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | not is | present | you | scared property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, people laugh when they're nervous too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 laugh | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 laugh | punct |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 laugh | nsubj |
| 4 | laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 nervous | advmod |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 nervous | nsubj |
| 7 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 nervous | cop |
| 8 | nervous | nervous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 laugh | advcl |
| 9 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 nervous | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present | people | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | people | nervous property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, he's the bravest in school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 bravest | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 bravest | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 bravest | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bravest | det |
| 6 | bravest | brave | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 school | case |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bravest | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | school | brave property | tree rules |
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