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title: ★★★ Five kids laughed at Jamal. Next day two of them said sorry, and… — «Where's your dad?»: questions and cru… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Five kids laughed at Jamal. Next day two of them said sorry, and one more kid joined in laughing. How many are still laughing at him? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 524 ««Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 11 · ★★ · «Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes

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★★★ Five kids laughed at Jamal. Next day two of them said sorry, and one more kid joined in laughing. How many are still laughing at him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★, one more kid, many · **What happens:** laugh, say, join · **To what, where:** Jamal · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 524 ««Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes» 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/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Five kids laughed at Jamal.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:t11:1
# text = ★★★ Five kids laughed at Jamal.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Jamal	Jamal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | ★ ★ |  |  | Jamal |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «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:* Next day two of them said sorry, and one more kid joined in laughing.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:t11:2
# text = Next day two of them said sorry, and one more kid joined in laughing.
1	Next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
11	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	joined	join	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	ccomp	_	_
14	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  | day | of kids *= kid*; sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **join** | participle | one more kid |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **laugh** | gerund | one more kid *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* How many are still laughing at him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:t11:3
# text = How many are still laughing at him?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present · progressive | many |  |  |  | still | at Jamal | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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6

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:t11:o1:1
# text = 6
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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5

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:t11:o2:1
# text = 5
1	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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3

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:t11:o3:1
# text = 3
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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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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4

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:t11:o4:1
# text = 4
1	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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