--- title: Jake: «it was only a joke fight, why's he crying?» What's true? — Showing off · tree and pragmatics description: Jake: «it was only a joke fight, why's he crying?» What's true? Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 390 «Showing off» 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/390-showing-off/t4/) [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/) / [Showing off](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/390-showing-off/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★★ · Showing off Jake: «it was only a joke fight, why's he crying?» What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jake · **What happens:** be, cry · **To what, where:** joke fight This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 390 «Showing off» 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/390-showing-off/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Jake: «it was only a joke fight, why's he crying?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t4:1 # text = Jake: «it was only a joke fight, why's he crying?» 1 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Jake | a joke fight | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | present · progressive | Jake | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «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:* What's true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t4:2 # 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 _ _ ``` | # | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A pretend fight can really scare the other person ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t4:o1:1 # text = A pretend fight can really scare the other person 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 pretend pretend ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 scare scare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scare** | can | a pretend fight | the other person | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus person=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Jokes can't make anyone scared ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t4:o2:1 # text = Jokes can't make anyone scared 1 Jokes joke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ 6 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **make** | can | Jokes | anyone | | | | scared *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset anyone=Product | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Sam should have fought back for real ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t4:o3:1 # text = Sam should have fought back for real 1 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 fought fight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight back** | should · perfect · passive | | Sam | | | | for real | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Sam's just a cry-baby who can't take a joke ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:390-showing-off:t4:o4:1 # text = Sam's just a cry-baby who can't take a joke 1 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 9 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **take** | can | Sam's cry baby | a joke | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=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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