--- title: Your cousin points and howls "LOOK AT HIM, what a muppet" after Dad… — Big feelings in big people · tree and pragmatics description: Your cousin points and howls "LOOK AT HIM, what a muppet" after Dad trips. What is the kinder way? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 36 «Big feelings in big people» 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/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/t7/) [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/) / [Big feelings in big people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Big feelings in big people Your cousin points and howls "LOOK AT HIM, what a muppet" after Dad trips. What is the kinder way? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, kinder way · **What happens:** point, howl, look, muppet, be This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 36 «Big feelings in big people» 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/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your cousin points and howls "LOOK AT HIM, what a muppet" after Dad trips. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t7:1 # text = Your cousin points and howls "LOOK AT HIM, what a muppet" after Dad trips. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 points point VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 howls howl VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 LOOK look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 AT at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 HIM he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 muppet muppet NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 after after ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 trips trip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point** | present | Your cousin | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **howl** | present | Your cousin *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | Your cousin *not said here* | | | | after Dad trips | at cousin | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 4 | **muppet** *in a quote* | | | | | | | | 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:* What is the kinder way? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t7:2 # text = What is the kinder way? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 kinder kind ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the kinder way | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Tell everyone in the shop what happened ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t7:o1:1 # text = Tell everyone in the shop what happened 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 1 iobj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 7 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|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* | | everyone | the shop | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **happen** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Laugh with Dad if he is laughing, never at him ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t7:o2:1 # text = Laugh with Dad if he is laughing, never at him 1 Laugh laugh VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 laughing laugh VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | with Dad | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **laugh** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · progressive | he | | | | | at him *= he* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Pretend you've never seen him before ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t7:o3:1 # text = Pretend you've never seen him before 1 Pretend pretend ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 xcomp _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 before before ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | present · perfect | you | him *= he* | | | | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Point and laugh even louder so that he gets the joke too ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t7:o4:1 # text = Point and laugh even louder so that he gets the joke too 1 Point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 laugh laugh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 parataxis _ _ 6 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 9 mark _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 too too ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | present | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get** | present | he | the joke | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer joke=Stimulus | **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. 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