--- title: «moon follows only u, baby bro». Why is this joke mostly fine? — Big kids, little kids and the truth at… · tree and pragmatics description: «moon follows only u, baby bro». Why is this joke mostly fine? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 433 «Big kids, little kids and the truth at home» 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/433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home/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/) / [Big kids, little kids and the truth at…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Big kids, little kids and the truth at home «moon follows only u, baby bro». Why is this joke mostly fine? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** moon, joke · **What happens:** follow, be · **To what, where:** u This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 433 «Big kids, little kids and the truth at home» 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/433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «moon follows only u, baby bro». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t9:1 # text = «moon follows only u, baby bro». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** *in a quote* | present | moon | u | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | 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:* Why is this joke mostly fine? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t9:2 # text = Why is this joke mostly fine? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 mostly mostly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | this joke | | | | | fine, mostly *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It's gentle and doesn't scare him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t9:o1:1 # text = It's gentle and doesn't scare him 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 scare scare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | gentle *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **scare** | present · do-support | | him *= he* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} It isn't fine at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t9:o2:1 # text = It isn't fine at all 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | | | | all | | fine *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Because babies can't understand ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t9:o3:1 # text = Because babies can't understand 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **understand** | can | babies | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Because the moon really follows one person ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t9:o4:1 # text = Because the moon really follows one person 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | present | the moon | one person | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=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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