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title: A boy laughs when his classmate trips in PE. «Lighten up, it was fun… — Teasing and laughing at others · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy laughs when his classmate trips in PE. «Lighten up, it was funny». What is true? Test 8 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 8 · Teasing and laughing at others

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A boy laughs when his classmate trips in PE. «Lighten up, it was funny». What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, classmate, you · **What happens:** laugh, trip, lighten up, be · **To what, where:** PE

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy laughs when his classmate trips in PE.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t8:1
# text = A boy laughs when his classmate trips in PE.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	trips	trip	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	PE	PE	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | a boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **trip** | present | boy's classmate |  |  | PE |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pe=Trajectory |

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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:* «Lighten up, it was funny».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t8:2
# text = «Lighten up, it was funny».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Lighten	lighten	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lighten up** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | classmate |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t8:3
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Laughing at his fall hurts him, so it's no joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t8:o1:1
# text = Laughing at his fall hurts him, so it's no joke
1	Laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | gerund |  |  |  | his fall |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hurt** | present | Laughing | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** | present | fall | no joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It's always funny when people fall, everyone laughs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t8:o2:1
# text = It's always funny when people fall, everyone laughs
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	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	nsubj	_	_
10	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | always, funny *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **laugh** | present | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It's fine if he didn't cry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t8:o3:1
# text = It's fine if he didn't cry
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	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **cry** *speech: express* *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He should have laughed too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:346-teasing-and-laughing-at-others:t8:o4:1
# text = He should have laughed too
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | should · perfect · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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