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Test 3 · Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments

In a cartoon, a boy screams "STOP CALLING ME THAT!" every time, and the nickname vanishes. What usually happens in real life?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, nickname · What happens: scream, stop, call, vanish, happen · To what, where: cartoon, CALLING ME, real life · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 11 «Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments» of the reflection 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: In a cartoon, a boy screams "STOP CALLING ME THAT!" every time, and the nickname vanishes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 screams	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 boy	det
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 screams	nsubj
7	screams	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 STOP	punct
9	STOP	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 screams	ccomp
10	CALLING	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 ME	amod
11	ME	me	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 STOP	obj
12	THAT	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 STOP	obj
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 STOP	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 STOP	punct
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 time	det
16	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 screams	obl:unmarked
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 vanishes	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 vanishes	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 nickname	det
20	nickname	nickname	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 vanishes	nsubj
21	vanishes	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 screams	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 screams	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	present	a boy			a cartoon	time		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stop in a quote	infinitive		CALLING ME					tree rules
3	call in a quote	gerund							vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	vanish	present	the nickname						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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: What usually happens in real life?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happens	nsubj
2	usually	usually	ADV	_	3 happens	advmod
3	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 life	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 life	amod
6	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happens	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present				real life		usually property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in life=Location

The options

Option 1

Screaming always makes a nickname vanish at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Screaming	scream	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 makes	csubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	1 Screaming	advmod
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 nickname	det
5	nickname	nickname	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
6	vanish	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 makes	xcomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 vanish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	gerund						always property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	present	Screaming	a nickname					tree rules
3	vanish	present	a nickname not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Angry reactions often make teasers say it more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reactions	amod
2	reactions	reaction	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	nsubj
3	often	often	ADV	_	4 make	advmod
4	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	teasers	teaser	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	obj
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 make	xcomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 say	obj
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 make	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Angry reactions	teasers				often property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	teasers not said here	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3

Nicknames never ever fade, whatever you do about them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nicknames	nickname	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fade	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 fade	advmod
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 fade	advmod
4	fade	fade	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 whatever	punct
6	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 fade	conj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 do	nsubj
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 whatever	acl:relcl
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not fade	infinitive	Nicknames				ever		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	do	present	you					about Nicknames = nickname	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Teasers only ever stop if you cry in front of them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teasers	teaser	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stop	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 stop	advmod
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 stop	advmod
4	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 cry	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 cry	nsubj
7	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stop	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 front	case
9	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cry	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	infinitive	Teasers				ever		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	cry speech: express a condition, not said to happen	present	you			front of Teasers			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location

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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