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title: Sister, upset: «I'm not reading to you any more, you said I'm stupid… — Teasing and laughing at others · tree and pragmatics
description: Sister, upset: «I'm not reading to you any more, you said I'm stupid». What helps most? Test 7 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.
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# Test 7 · Teasing and laughing at others

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Sister, upset: «I'm not reading to you any more, you said I'm stupid». What helps most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, you · **What happens:** not read, say, be, help · **To what, where:** you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sister, upset: «I'm not reading to you any more, you said I'm stupid».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t7:1
# text = Sister, upset: «I'm not reading to you any more, you said I'm stupid».
1	Sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	any	any	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
17	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **read** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I |  | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to you=Recipient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | stupid *property* | tree rules |

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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 helps most?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t7:2
# text = What helps most?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Read for her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t7:o1:1
# text = Read for her
1	Read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for her *= she* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Say she is a bit slow at reading

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t7:o2:1
# text = Say she is a bit slow at reading
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |
| 2 | **is** | present | she |  |  | reading |  | a bit *obl:unmarked*; slow *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ignore her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t7:o3:1
# text = Ignore her
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Say sorry and help her read slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t7:o4:1
# text = Say sorry and help her read slowly
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **help** | infinitive | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 3 | **read** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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