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title: my cousin reckons a boy got teased about his weight so bad he never… — Jokes and teasing: when is it still fu… · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin reckons a boy got teased about his weight so bad he never ate lunch again for like 3 years. what's probably blown up and what's true? Test 19 · ★★ 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 pragma
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# Test 19 · ★★ · Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny?

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my cousin reckons a boy got teased about his weight so bad he never ate lunch again for like 3 years. what's probably blown up and what's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin · **What happens:** reckon, tease, not eat, blow up, be · **To what, where:** boy, lunch

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This is test 19 · ★★ of lesson 203 «Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny?» 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/203-jokes-and-teasing/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:t19:1
# text = my cousin reckons a boy got teased about his weight so bad he never ate lunch again for like 3 years. what's probably blown up and what's true?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	teased	tease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
16	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	again	again	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	21	discourse	_	_
20	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	26	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
25	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
27	up	up	ADP	RP	_	26	compound:prt	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
29	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	31	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	31	cop	_	_
31	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **tease** | past · passive |  | a boy |  |  |  | about boy's weight | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **eat** | past | cousin | lunch |  |  | again; year |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Patient |
| 4 | **blow up** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |
| 5 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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It's all true, every word, because a cousin said it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:t19:o1:1
# text = It's all true, every word, because a cousin said it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | all, true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a cousin | word |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Teasing about weight only hurts adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:t19:o2:1
# text = Teasing about weight only hurts adults
1	Teasing	tease	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tease** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about weight | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hurt** | present | Teasing | adults |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The exact story may be stretched, but such teasing really hurts for years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:t19:o3:1
# text = The exact story may be stretched, but such teasing really hurts for years
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	stretched	stretch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	teasing	teasing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	really	really	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch** | may · passive |  | the exact story |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **hurt** | present | such teasing |  |  |  | year |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It's all made up; teasing never matters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:t19:o4:1
# text = It's all made up; teasing never matters
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	teasing	tease	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | all *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot |
| 2 | **tease** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **matter** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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