--- title: Two boys tease each other with silly nicknames and both laugh. One d… — Jokes and teasing: when is it still fu… · tree and pragmatics description: Two boys tease each other with silly nicknames and both laugh. One day one boy goes quiet and looks down. What should the other do? Test 2 · ★★ 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 q --- [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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny? Two boys tease each other with silly nicknames and both laugh. One day one boy goes quiet and looks down. What should the other do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Two boys, both, one boy · **What happens:** tease, laugh, go, look down, do · **To what, where:** each This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Two boys tease each other with silly nicknames and both laugh. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:t2:1 # text = Two boys tease each other with silly nicknames and both laugh. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tease tease VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 3 obj _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 fixed _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 nicknames nickname NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 11 nsubj _ _ 11 laugh laugh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tease** | present | Two boys | each | | | | with silly nicknames | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Patient | | 2 | **laugh** | present | both | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «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. *Sentence 2:* One day one boy goes quiet and looks down. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:t2:2 # text = One day one boy goes quiet and looks down. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 down down ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | one boy | | | | day | quiet *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **look down** | present | one boy *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | *Sentence 3:* What should the other do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:t2:3 # text = What should the other do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | should | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Use a stronger nickname to cheer him up ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:t2:o1:1 # text = Use a stronger nickname to cheer him up 1 Use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 nickname nickname NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 cheer cheer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a stronger nickname | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nickname=Patient | | 2 | **cheer up** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Stop and ask if he is okay with it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:t2:o2:1 # text = Stop and ask if he is okay with it 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 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 cop _ _ 7 okay okay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he | | | | | with it; okay *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Keep going, since they always do it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:t2:o3:1 # text = Keep going, since they always do it 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 since since SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **do** | present | they | it | | | | always *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Tell others the nickname too ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:t2:o4:1 # text = Tell others the nickname too 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 nickname nickname NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | others | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent other=Recipient nickname=Topic | **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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