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title: Teacher's note: «Maya called a classmate names about her glasses». W… — Teasing and laughing at others · tree and pragmatics
description: Teacher's note: «Maya called a classmate names about her glasses». What did Maya do that mattered most? Test 11 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 wa
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# Test 11 · Teasing and laughing at others

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Teacher's note: «Maya called a classmate names about her glasses». What did Maya do that mattered most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Maya, Teacher, that · **What happens:** call, note, do, matter · **To what, where:** classmate names, most · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Teacher's note: «Maya called a classmate names about her glasses».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t11:1
# text = Teacher's note: «Maya called a classmate names about her glasses».
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Maya	Maya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	glasses	glass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *in a quote* | past | Maya | a classmate names |  |  |  | about Maya's glasses | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient |
| 2 | **note** |  | Teacher |  |  |  |  |  | nom note «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.

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*Sentence 2:* What did Maya do that mattered most?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t11:2
# text = What did Maya do that mattered most?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Maya	Maya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	mattered	matter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Maya |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **matter** | past | that | most |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Bought new glasses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t11:o1:1
# text = Bought new glasses
1	Bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	glasses	glass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Said sorry to the girl's face and stood up for her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t11:o2:1
# text = Said sorry to the girl's face and stood up for her
1	Said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: apologize* | past |  |  | the girl's face |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to face=Recipient |
| 2 | **stand up** | past |  |  |  |  |  | for girl | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stayed in at golden time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t11:o3:1
# text = Stayed in at golden time
1	Stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay in** | past |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Signed the sorry note and gave it to the teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t11:o4:1
# text = Signed the sorry note and gave it to the teacher
1	Signed	sign	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** | past |  | the sorry note |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent note=Destination |
| 2 | **give** | past |  | note | the teacher |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to teacher=Recipient |

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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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