--- title: cousin copying the loud choir lady and everyone's sniggering. She tu… — Giggles, skipping and the collection p… · tree and pragmatics description: cousin copying the loud choir lady and everyone's sniggering. She turns round. Best move? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/t7/) [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/) / [Giggles, skipping and the collection p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Giggles, skipping and the collection plate cousin copying the loud choir lady and everyone's sniggering. She turns round. Best move? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, everyone, She · **What happens:** copy, snigger, turn round · **To what, where:** loud choir lady This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» 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/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* cousin copying the loud choir lady and everyone's sniggering. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t7:1 # text = cousin copying the loud choir lady and everyone's sniggering. 1 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 copying copy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 acl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 choir choir NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 sniggering snigger VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | gerund | cousin *not said here* | the loud choir lady | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Theme | | 2 | **snigger** | present · progressive | everyone | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=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:* She turns round. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t7:2 # text = She turns round. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 round round ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn round** | present | She | | | | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | *Sentence 3:* Best move? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t7:3 # text = Best move? 1 Best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 amod _ _ 2 move move NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Pretend you're coughing so she doesn't notice ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t7:o1:1 # text = Pretend you're coughing so she doesn't notice 1 Pretend pretend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 coughing cough VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 xcomp _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 notice notice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cough** | present · progressive | you | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **notice** | present · do-support | she | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Stop, and say sorry to her after ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t7:o2:1 # text = Stop, and say sorry to her after 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 after after ADP IN _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | sorry | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Blame your cousin loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t7:o3:1 # text = Blame your cousin loudly 1 Blame blame VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blame** | imperative | you *not said here* | your cousin | | | | loudly *property* | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cousin=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Copy her too ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t7:o4:1 # text = Copy her too 1 Copy copy 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 _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | **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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