Test 4 · ★★★ · Puns and jokes that need a pun A Gen Z teen says "dad jokes are mid, they're not real jokes." ("Mid" means average, not great.) What's fairer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Z teen, dad jokes, jokes, Mid · What happens: say, be, not be, mean · To what, where: real jokes, average · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 28 «Puns and jokes that need a pun» of the language 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 Gen Z teen says "dad jokes are mid, they're not real jokes."
det compound compound nsubj punct compound nsubj cop ccomp punct nsubj cop advmod amod obl punct punct root A DET Gen NOUN Z NOUN teen NOUN says VERB " PUNCT dad NOUN jokes NOUN are AUX mid ADJ , PUNCT they PRON 're AUX not PART real ADJ jokes NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 teen det 2 Gen gen NOUN Number=Sing 3 Z compound 3 Z z NOUN Number=Sing 4 teen compound 4 teen teen NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 10 mid punct 7 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 8 jokes compound 8 jokes joke NOUN Number=Plur 10 mid nsubj 9 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 mid cop 10 mid mid ADJ Degree=Pos 5 says ccomp 11 , , PUNCT _ 16 jokes punct 12 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 jokes nsubj 13 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 jokes cop 14 not not PART Polarity=Neg 16 jokes advmod 15 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 16 jokes amod 16 jokes joke NOUN Number=Plur 10 mid obl 17 . . PUNCT _ 10 mid punct 18 " " PUNCT _ 10 mid punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a Z teen vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present dad jokes mid property tree rules 3 not is a in a quote present jokes = joke real jokes 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: ("Mid" means average, not great.)
punct punct nsubj punct obj punct advmod conj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Mid PROPN " PUNCT means VERB average ADJ , PUNCT not PART great ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Mid punct 3 Mid Mid PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Mid punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 average average ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 great punct 8 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 great advmod 9 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 6 average conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 11 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Mid average vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent average=Topic
Sentence 3: What's fairer?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX fairer ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 fairer nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 fairer cop 3 fairer fair ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 fairer punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present fair property tree rules
The options Option 1 She's right, they can't be jokes if nobody laughs
nsubj cop punct nsubj aux advmod cop parataxis mark nsubj advcl root She PRON 's AUX right ADJ , PUNCT they PRON ca AUX n't PART be AUX jokes NOUN if SCONJ nobody PRON laughs VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 9 jokes punct 5 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 jokes nsubj 6 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 jokes aux 7 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 9 jokes advmod 8 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 9 jokes cop 9 jokes joke NOUN Number=Plur 3 right parataxis 10 if if SCONJ _ 12 laughs mark 11 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 12 laughs nsubj 12 laughs laugh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 jokes advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present She right property tree rules 2 not is a can they jokes tree rules 3 laugh a condition, not said to happen present nobody vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice They're jokes only in Ireland
nsubj cop advmod case nmod root They PRON 're AUX jokes NOUN only ADV in ADP Ireland PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 jokes nsubj 2 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 jokes cop 3 jokes joke NOUN Number=Plur root root 4 only only ADV _ 6 Ireland advmod 5 in in ADP _ 6 Ireland case 6 Ireland Ireland PROPN Number=Sing 3 jokes nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present They jokes Ireland tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer They are real jokes; the groan is part of the fun
nsubj cop amod punct det nsubj cop conj case det nmod root They PRON are AUX real ADJ jokes NOUN ; PUNCT the DET groan NOUN is AUX part NOUN of ADP the DET fun NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 jokes nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 jokes cop 3 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 4 jokes amod 4 jokes joke NOUN Number=Plur root root 5 ; ; PUNCT _ 9 part punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 groan det 7 groan groan NOUN Number=Sing 9 part nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 part cop 9 part part NOUN Number=Sing 4 jokes conj 10 of of ADP _ 12 fun case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 fun det 12 fun fun NOUN Number=Sing 9 part nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present They real jokes and part tree rules 2 is a present the groan part of the fun tree rules
Option 4 Only mums can tell them
advmod nsubj aux iobj root Only ADV mums NOUN can AUX tell VERB them PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 2 mums advmod 2 mums mum NOUN Number=Plur 4 tell nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 tell aux 4 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 tell iobj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert can mums them = they vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
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