--- title: he's gone red and quiet and his fists are tight but i'm only joking — Reading faces and voices · tree and pragmatics description: he's gone red and quiet and his fists are tight but i'm only joking Test 14 · ★ of lesson 14 «Reading faces and voices» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/t14/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Reading faces and voices](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Reading faces and voices he's gone red and quiet and his fists are tight but i'm only joking **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he, fists, i · **What happens:** be, joke This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 14 «Reading faces and voices» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:14-faces-and-voices:t14:1 # text = he's gone red and quiet and his fists are tight but i'm only joking 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 fists fist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 only only ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 joking joke VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | red *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | his fists | | | | | tight *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **joke** *speech: other* | present · progressive | i | | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Keep going, he will laugh soon ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:14-faces-and-voices:t14:o1:1 # text = Keep going, he will laugh soon 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **laugh** | future | he | | | | | soon *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Stop the joke, he is getting upset ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:14-faces-and-voices:t14:o2:1 # text = Stop the joke, he is getting upset 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 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 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 8 upset upset ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | the joke | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality joke=Eventuality | | 2 | **get** | present · progressive | he | | | | | upset *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Poke him to cheer him up a bit ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:14-faces-and-voices:t14:o3:1 # text = Poke him to cheer him up a bit 1 Poke poke VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 cheer cheer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **poke** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cheer up** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | a bit *obl:unmarked* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Joke louder so he gets it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:14-faces-and-voices:t14:o4:1 # text = Joke louder so he gets it 1 Joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 amod _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | Joke | it | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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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