--- title: Which is TRUE about whispering mean things? — Teasing and laughing at others · tree and pragmatics description: Which is TRUE about whispering mean things? Test 10 of lesson 346 «Teasing and laughing at others» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others/t10/) [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/) / [Teasing and laughing at others](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others/) / t10 # Test 10 · Teasing and laughing at others Which is TRUE about whispering mean things? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, whisper · **To what, where:** mean things This is test 10 of lesson 346 «Teasing and laughing at others» 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/346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t10:1 # text = Which is TRUE about whispering mean things? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 TRUE true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 about about SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 whispering whisper VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | gerund | | mean things | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | 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's harmless because it's very quiet ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t10:o1:1 # text = It's harmless because it's very quiet 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 harmless harmless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | harmless *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It's as hurtful as saying them aloud ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t10:o2:1 # text = It's as hurtful as saying them aloud 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 as as ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 hurtful hurtful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | hurtful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | them *= they* | | | | aloud *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} It's fine if she doesn't hear all of it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t10:o3:1 # text = It's fine if she doesn't hear all of it 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 _ 8 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 csubj _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **hear** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | she | all | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer all=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} It's kinder than saying them out loud ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t10:o4:1 # text = It's kinder than saying them out loud 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 kinder kind ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 than than SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 out out ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 loud loud ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | them *= they* | | | | loud *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Topic | **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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