--- title: kids calling him names and saying it's just a joke — Saying no honestly, harmful lies, chea… · tree and pragmatics description: kids calling him names and saying it's just a joke Test 12 · ★ 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's choice w --- [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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and te… kids calling him names and saying it's just a joke **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kids, it · **What happens:** call, say, be · **To what, where:** him, joke · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t12:1 # text = kids calling him names and saying it's just a joke 1 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 calling call VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | gerund | kids *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme name=Result | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | kids *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | it | a joke | | | | | 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} Ignore it forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t12:o1:1 # text = Ignore it forever 1 Ignore ignore VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 forever forever ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | forever *property* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} If it hurts, it's not a joke; tell an adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t12:o2:1 # text = If it hurts, it's not a joke; tell an adult 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hurts hurt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **is a** | present | it | a joke | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Join in so they leave you alone next time ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t12:o3:1 # text = Join in so they leave you alone next time 1 Join join VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 alone alone ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **join in** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | time | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | present | they | you | | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It's fine if they laugh ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t12:o4:1 # text = It's fine if they laugh 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 laugh laugh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **laugh** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | they | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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