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title: Kid: «I laughed at her wrong answer and she never noticed, so no har… — Leaving someone out · tree and pragmatics
description: Kid: «I laughed at her wrong answer and she never noticed, so no harm». What's true? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 347 «Leaving someone out» 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 · ★ · Leaving someone out

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Kid: «I laughed at her wrong answer and she never noticed, so no harm». What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, Kid · **What happens:** laugh, not notice, answer, be · **To what, where:** wrong answer, harm

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 347 «Leaving someone out» 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/347-leaving-someone-out/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kid: «I laughed at her wrong answer and she never noticed, so no harm».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:347-leaving-someone-out:t8:1
# text = Kid: «I laughed at her wrong answer and she never noticed, so no harm».
1	Kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	noticed	notice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	17	det	_	_
17	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** *in a quote* | past | I |  |  | Kid's wrong answer |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **notice** *in a quote* | past | Kid | no harm |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer harm=Stimulus |
| 3 | **answer** *in a quote* |  | Kid |  |  |  |  |  | nom answer «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's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:347-leaving-someone-out:t8:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	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 {#o1}

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Wrong answers are funny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:347-leaving-someone-out:t8:o1:1
# text = Wrong answers are funny
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No harm done if she didn't look round, she never knew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:347-leaving-someone-out:t8:o2:1
# text = No harm done if she didn't look round, she never knew
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	round	round	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | participle |  | no harm *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **look round** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | harm |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **not** **know** | past | no harm |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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She might have; laughing at mistakes stops people trying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:347-leaving-someone-out:t8:o3:1
# text = She might have; laughing at mistakes stops people trying
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	trying	try	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | might | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **laugh** | gerund |  |  |  | mistakes |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stop** | present | laughing | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **try** | gerund | laughing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It's only harmful in tests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:347-leaving-someone-out:t8:o4:1
# text = It's only harmful in tests
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	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	harmful	harmful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	tests	test	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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

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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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