--- title: A five-year-old tells you «Knock knock!» for the tenth time today. W… — Saying no honestly, harmful lies, chea… · tree and pragmatics description: A five-year-old tells you «Knock knock!» for the tenth time today. Why is playing along still a good thing? 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Why is playing along still a good thing? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** year old · **What happens:** tell, knock, play along · **To what, where:** you, knock, good thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A five-year-old tells you «Knock knock!» for the tenth time today. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t9:1 # text = A five-year-old tells you «Knock knock!» for the tenth time today. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 2 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nsubj _ _ 7 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Knock knock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 knock knock NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 tenth tenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 18 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | a year old | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **knock** *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | a year old *not said here* | knock | | | time; today | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent knock=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. *Sentence 2:* Why is playing along still a good thing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t9:2 # text = Why is playing along still a good thing? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 along along ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play along** | present · progressive | | a good thing | | | | along *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It will stop him ever telling jokes again, so it is worth it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t9:o1:1 # text = It will stop him ever telling jokes again, so it is worth it 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ _ 6 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 7 jokes joke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | future | It | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | jokes | | | ever; again | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent joke=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | present | it | | | | | worth *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It builds your friendship and helps him learn language ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t9:o2:1 # text = It builds your friendship and helps him 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 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | present | It | your friendship | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material friendship=Product | | 2 | **help** | present | | him *= he* | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 3 | **learn** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | language | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only clever jokes help children learn ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t9:o3:1 # text = Only clever jokes help children learn 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 jokes joke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | clever jokes | children | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **learn** | infinitive | children *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} It makes the joke funnier for adults ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t9:o4:1 # text = It makes the joke funnier for adults 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make 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 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 funnier funny ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | the joke | | | | funny *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material joke=Product | **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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