--- title: «Mad Maddie lol». Can a joke nickname hurt? — Maddie the tomboy · tree and pragmatics description: «Mad Maddie lol». Can a joke nickname hurt? Test 9 of lesson 378 «Maddie the tomboy» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/378-maddie-the-tomboy/t9/) [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/) / [Maddie the tomboy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/378-maddie-the-tomboy/) / t9 # Test 9 · Maddie the tomboy «Mad Maddie lol». Can a joke nickname hurt? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** hurt · **To what, where:** joke nickname This is test 9 of lesson 378 «Maddie the tomboy» 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/378-maddie-the-tomboy/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «Mad Maddie lol». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:378-maddie-the-tomboy:t9:1 # text = «Mad Maddie lol». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Mad Mad PROPN NNP _ 0 root _ _ 3 Maddie Maddie PROPN NNP _ 2 flat _ _ 4 lol lol INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Can a joke nickname hurt? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:378-maddie-the-tomboy:t9:2 # text = Can a joke nickname hurt? 1 Can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 nickname nickname NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | can · passive | | a joke nickname | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Only if it's said in maths ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:378-maddie-the-tomboy:t9:o1:1 # text = Only if it's said in maths 1 Only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 maths math NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | it | | maths | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme in math=Manner | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yes, even a joke can sting ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:378-maddie-the-tomboy:t9:o2:1 # text = Yes, even a joke can sting 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 sting sting VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sting** | can | a joke | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only if it's spelled wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:378-maddie-the-tomboy:t9:o3:1 # text = Only if it's spelled wrong 1 Only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 spelled spell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spell** | present · passive | | it | | | | wrong *property* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, nicknames never hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:378-maddie-the-tomboy:t9:o4:1 # text = No, nicknames never hurt 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 nicknames nickname NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 hurt hurt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hurt** | past | nicknames | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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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