--- title: new kid talks with an accent, some boys copying him lol. should i jo… — Compliments and respecting differences · tree and pragmatics description: new kid talks with an accent, some boys copying him lol. should i join in Test 11 · ★ of lesson 226 «Compliments and respecting differences» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/226-compliments-and-respecting-differences/t11/) [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/) / [Compliments and respecting differences](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/226-compliments-and-respecting-differences/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Compliments and respecting differences new kid talks with an accent, some boys copying him lol. should i join in **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** new kid, boys, i · **What happens:** talk, copy, join in · **To what, where:** kid This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 226 «Compliments and respecting differences» 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/226-compliments-and-respecting-differences/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:226-compliments-and-respecting-differences:t11:1 # text = new kid talks with an accent, some boys copying him lol. should i join in 1 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 talks talk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 accent accent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 copying copy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 acl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 lol lol INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 14 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 17 in in ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | present | new kid | | | | | with a accent some boys | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with accent=Co-Agent | | 2 | **copy** | gerund | some boys *not said here* | kid | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **join in** | should | i | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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} Only when the teacher isn't there ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:226-compliments-and-respecting-differences:t11:o1:1 # text = Only when the teacher isn't there 1 Only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | the teacher | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, it's only a joke ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:226-compliments-and-respecting-differences:t11:o2:1 # text = Yes, it's only a joke 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | a joke | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, if he laughs too ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:226-compliments-and-respecting-differences:t11:o3:1 # text = Yes, if he laughs too 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | present | he | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, never copy or tease an accent ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:226-compliments-and-respecting-differences:t11:o4:1 # text = No, never copy or tease an accent 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 copy copy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 tease tease VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 accent accent NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **copy** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tease** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a accent | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accent=Patient | **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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