--- title: State the effect of sharing silly jokes with younger children. — Saying no honestly, harmful lies, chea… · tree and pragmatics description: State the effect of sharing silly jokes with younger children. Exam question 4 of lesson 333 «Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and tests, jokes and teasing» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing/e4/) [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/) / [Saying no honestly, harmful lies, chea…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and te… State the effect of sharing silly jokes with younger children. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** State effect · **What happens:** share · **To what, where:** silly jokes This is exam question 4 of lesson 333 «Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and tests, jokes and teasing» 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/333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:e4:1 # text = State the effect of sharing silly jokes with younger children. 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 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 sharing share VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 jokes joke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 amod _ _ 10 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | gerund | the State effect *not said here* | silly jokes | | | | with younger children | tree rules | 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} It confuses them and slows their learning of words ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:e4:o1:1 # text = It confuses them and slows their learning of words 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 confuses confuse VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 slows slow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 learning learning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **confuse** | present | It | them *= they* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 2 | **slow** | present | | their learning of words | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent learning=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It builds friendship and helps them learn language ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:e4:o2:1 # text = It builds friendship and helps them learn language 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 builds build VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | present | It | friendship | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material friendship=Product | | 2 | **help** | present | | them *= they* | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 3 | **learn** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | language | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} It has no effect ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:e4:o3:1 # text = It has no effect 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 _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | It | no effect | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It teaches them to be rude ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:e4:o4:1 # text = It teaches them to be rude 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 teaches teach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | It | | them *= they* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | rude *property* | tree rules | **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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