--- title: Mum: «Why isn't Amir on the party list? You've asked everyone else».… — Teasing and laughing at others · tree and pragmatics description: Mum: «Why isn't Amir on the party list? You've asked everyone else». What fixes it best? Test 5 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 right. --- [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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · Teasing and laughing at others Mum: «Why isn't Amir on the party list? You've asked everyone else». What fixes it best? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** not be, ask, fix · **To what, where:** Amir, party list, everyone, list This is test 5 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum: «Why isn't Amir on the party list? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t5:1 # text = Mum: «Why isn't Amir on the party list? 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 Amir Amir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | | Amir | | the party list | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* You've asked everyone else». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t5:2 # text = You've asked everyone else». 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 obj _ _ 5 else else ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · perfect | You | | everyone | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient | *Sentence 3:* What fixes it best? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t5:3 # text = What fixes it best? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fixes fix VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | present | | list | | | | well *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Say sorry to Amir and invite him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t5:o1:1 # text = Say sorry to Amir and invite him 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 Amir Amir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 invite invite VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 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 | **invite** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | Amir | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cancel the party ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t5:o2:1 # text = Cancel the party 1 Cancel cancel VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cancel** | imperative | you *not said here* | the party | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Say he wouldn't fit ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t5:o3:1 # text = Say he wouldn't fit 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 fit fit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **fit** | would | he | | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Say he annoys everyone at school ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t5:o4:1 # text = Say he annoys everyone at school 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 annoys annoy VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **annoy** | present | he | everyone | | school | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus everyone=Experiencer | **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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