--- title: Ascertain the condition under which teasing is properly characterise… — Jokes and teasing: when is it still fu… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the condition under which teasing is properly characterised as bullying. Exam question 4 of lesson 203 «Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny?» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/203-jokes-and-teasing/e4/) [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/) / [Jokes and teasing: when is it still fu…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/203-jokes-and-teasing/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny? Ascertain the condition under which teasing is properly characterised as bullying. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, characteris · **To what, where:** condition, teasing This is exam question 4 of lesson 203 «Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny?» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/203-jokes-and-teasing/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the condition under which teasing is properly characterised as bullying. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 under under ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 6 teasing teasing NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 8 properly properly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 characterised characteris VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 bullying bullying NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the condition | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Topic | | 2 | **characteris** | present · passive | | teasing | | the condition | | as bullying; properly *property* | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} When it is undertaken by a friend ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:e4:o1:1 # text = When it is undertaken by a friend 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 undertaken undertake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:agent _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **undertake** | present · passive | a friend | it | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} When it concerns hobbies and interests ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:e4:o2:1 # text = When it concerns hobbies and interests 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 concerns concern VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 hobbies hobby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 interests interest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **concern** | present | it | hobbies and interests | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hobby=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} When it occurs on a single occasion only ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:e4:o3:1 # text = When it occurs on a single occasion only 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 occurs occur VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **occur** | present | it | | | a single occasion | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on occasion=Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} When it causes hurt and is persistently repeated ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:e4:o4:1 # text = When it causes hurt and is persistently repeated 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 causes cause VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 persistently persistently ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 repeated repeat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | present · passive | | it | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **repeat** | present · passive | | | | | | persistently *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V» | **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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