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title: Mia: «this guy fell off a ladder and screamed like a kettle lol». Wh… — Older siblings and YouTube gameplay · tree and pragmatics
description: Mia: «this guy fell off a ladder and screamed like a kettle lol». What kind of video is this? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 423 «Older siblings and YouTube gameplay» 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 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Older siblings and YouTube gameplay

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Mia: «this guy fell off a ladder and screamed like a kettle lol». What kind of video is this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mia, this · **What happens:** fall off, scream, be · **To what, where:** ladder, kind

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 423 «Older siblings and YouTube gameplay» 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/423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mia: «this guy fell off a ladder and screamed like a kettle lol».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay:t9:1
# text = Mia: «this guy fell off a ladder and screamed like a kettle lol».
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ladder	ladder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	screamed	scream	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall off** *in a quote* | past | Mia | a ladder |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **scream** *speech: express* *in a quote* | participle | Mia *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a kettle | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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 kind of video is this?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay:t9:2
# text = What kind of video is this?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
6	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | this | what kind |  |  |  | of video | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A video teaching kids how to cheat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay:t9:o1:1
# text = A video teaching kids how to cheat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	teaching	teaching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	cheat	cheat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheat** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A scary video of a game rated 18

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay:t9:o2:1
# text = A scary video of a game rated 18
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	rated	rate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rate** | participle · passive |  | a scary video of a game |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme 18=Attribute |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A sad video about broken ladders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay:t9:o3:1
# text = A sad video about broken ladders
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	broken	broken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ladders	ladder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A funny video of a kids' game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:423-older-siblings-and-youtube-gameplay:t9:o4:1
# text = A funny video of a kids' game
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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