--- title: Your friends keep making an inside joke while a new girl sits with y… — Jokes and teasing: when is it still fu… · tree and pragmatics description: Your friends keep making an inside joke while a new girl sits with you. What is kind? Test 8 · ★★ 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Jokes and teasing: when is it still funny? Your friends keep making an inside joke while a new girl sits with you. What is kind? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friends, new girl · **What happens:** keep, make, sit, be · **To what, where:** inside joke This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your friends keep making an inside joke while a new girl sits with you. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:t8:1 # text = Your friends keep making an inside joke while a new girl sits with you. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 inside inside ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 while while SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | Your friends | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | gerund | Your friends *not said here* | a inside joke | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset joke=Product | | 3 | **sit** | present | a new girl | | | | | with you | vn assuming\_position-50 «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:* What is kind? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:t8:2 # text = What is kind? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Tell her she will understand it one day ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:t8:o1:1 # text = Tell her she will understand it one day 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **understand** | future | she | it | | | day | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Ask her to sit somewhere else ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:t8:o2:1 # text = Ask her to sit somewhere else 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 somewhere somewhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 6 else else ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **sit** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | somewhere *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Keep going so she wants to be part of your group and learns the joke ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:t8:o3:1 # text = Keep going so she wants to be part of your group and learns the joke 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 learns learn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 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 | **want** | present | she | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | part | | | | of your group | tree rules | | 5 | **learn** | present | she *not said here* | the joke | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=Topic | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Explain the joke or stop, so she is included ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:203-jokes-and-teasing:t8:o4:1 # text = Explain the joke or stop, so she is included 1 Explain explain 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 _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 included include VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the joke | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=Topic | | 2 | **stop** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **include** | present · passive | | she | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | **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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