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title: State the effect upon a person of mockery of their accent. — Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Foo… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the effect upon a person of mockery of their accent. Exam question 4 of lesson 313 «Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and adverts» 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 ri
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# Exam question 4 · Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and ad…

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State the effect upon a person of mockery of their accent.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** their · **What happens:** mock, accent · **To what, where:** accent

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 313 «Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and adverts» 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/313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:e4:1
# text = State the effect upon a person of mockery of their accent.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	mockery	mockery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	accent	accent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mock** |  |  | their accent |  |  |  |  | nom mockery «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **accent** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom accent «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 helps the person improve their speech and sound like everyone else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:e4:o1:1
# text = It helps the person improve their speech and sound like everyone else
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	improve	improve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	_
12	else	else	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | It | the person |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent person=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **improve** | infinitive | the person *not said here* | their speech and sound like everyone |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent speech=Patient |
| 3 | **speak** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It has no effect upon the person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:e4:o2:1
# text = It has no effect upon the person
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | no effect |  |  |  | upon the person | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient |

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

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It is unkind, since speaking more than one language is a skill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:e4:o3:1
# text = It is unkind, since speaking more than one language is a skill
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	csubj	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	9	advmod	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | unkind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  | one language |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | speaking | a skill |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a form of friendly praise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:e4:o4:1
# text = It is a form of friendly praise
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a form |  |  |  | of friendly praise | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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