--- title: Josh at confession: «I made fun of a boy's stammer.» Father: «And wh… — Teasing and laughing at others · tree and pragmatics description: Josh at confession: «I made fun of a boy's stammer.» Father: «And what will you do about the boy?» What is the right answer? Test 3 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 opti --- [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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · Teasing and laughing at others Josh at confession: «I made fun of a boy's stammer.» Father: «And what will you do about the boy?» What is the right answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Josh, boy, you, right answer · **What happens:** make, stammer, do, be · **To what, where:** fun, Father This is test 3 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Josh at confession: «I made fun of a boy's stammer.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t3:1 # text = Josh at confession: «I made fun of a boy's stammer.» 1 Josh Josh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 confession confession NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 stammer stammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** *in a quote* | past | Josh at confession | fun of a boy's stammer | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Product | | 2 | **stammer** *in a quote* | | a boy | | | | | | nom stammer «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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:* Father: «And what will you do about the boy?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t3:2 # text = Father: «And what will you do about the boy?» 1 Father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 appos _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | future | you | Father | | | | about the boy | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | *Sentence 3:* What is the right answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t3:3 # text = What is the right answer? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the right answer | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Say sorry to him and stop the others ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t3:o1:1 # text = Say sorry to him and stop the others 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: apologize* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **stop** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the others | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality other=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Copy him less often ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t3:o2:1 # text = Copy him less often 1 Copy copy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 4 often often ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | often *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, I've told you now, that's enough ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t3:o3:1 # text = Nothing, I've told you now, that's enough 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive | | Nothing | you | | now | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient you=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | that | | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Avoid him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t3:o4:1 # text = Avoid him 1 Avoid avoid VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **avoid** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent he=Location | **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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