--- title: Uncle Dev keeps saying his jokes to the mirror and muttering "they'l… — Dates, engagements and weddings · tree and pragmatics description: Uncle Dev keeps saying his jokes to the mirror and muttering "they'll hate it". How can you help? Test 8 of lesson 13 «Dates, engagements and weddings» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wro --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Dates, engagements and weddings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/) / t8 # Test 8 · Dates, engagements and weddings Uncle Dev keeps saying his jokes to the mirror and muttering "they'll hate it". How can you help? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Uncle Dev, jokes, Dev, you · **What happens:** keep, say, mutter, hate, joke, help · **To what, where:** jokes, mirror · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 of lesson 13 «Dates, engagements and weddings» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Uncle Dev keeps saying his jokes to the mirror and muttering "they'll hate it". ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:13-dates-engagements-and-weddings:t8:1 # text = Uncle Dev keeps saying his jokes to the mirror and muttering "they'll hate it". 1 Uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Dev Dev PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 jokes joke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 muttering mutter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 conj _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 hate hate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | Uncle Dev | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Uncle Dev *not said here* | Dev's jokes | the mirror | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent joke=Topic to mirror=Recipient | | 3 | **mutter** *speech: assert* | gerund | Uncle Dev *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **hate** *in a quote* | future | jokes *= joke* | mirror | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 5 | **joke** | | Dev | | | | | | nom joke «communication intransitive»: 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. *Sentence 2:* How can you help? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:13-dates-engagements-and-weddings:t8:2 # text = How can you help? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | can | you | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Hide his notes so he can't read them ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:13-dates-engagements-and-weddings:t8:o1:1 # text = Hide his notes so he can't read them 1 Hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 notes note NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 so so SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | his notes | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Patient | | 2 | **not** **read** | can | he | notes *= note* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 3 | **note** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom note «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Tell him best men never speak ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:13-dates-engagements-and-weddings:t8:o2:1 # text = Tell him best men never speak 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | present | best men | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tell him the speech will be terrible ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:13-dates-engagements-and-weddings:t8:o3:1 # text = Tell him the speech will be terrible 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | future | the speech | | | | | terrible *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Listen to his practice speech and laugh at the jokes ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:13-dates-engagements-and-weddings:t8:o4:1 # text = Listen to his practice speech and laugh at the jokes 1 Listen listen VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 laugh laugh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 jokes joke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | to his practice speech | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to speech=Theme | | 2 | **laugh** | present | you *not said here* | | | the jokes | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **speak** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent | **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; 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