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# Test 18 · ★ · Sun, cold and growing up

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everyone's laughing that Tom's voice keeps cracking in class, they're doing impressions, should i

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** everyone, voice, they · **What happens:** laugh, keep, crack, do · **To what, where:** class, impressions

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 86 «Sun, cold and growing up» 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/86-sun-cold-and-growing-up/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:86-sun-cold-and-growing-up:t18:1
# text = everyone's laughing that Tom's voice keeps cracking in class, they're doing impressions, should i
1	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	cracking	crack	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
16	impressions	impression	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
19	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present · progressive | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | present | Tom's voice |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **crack** | gerund | Tom's voice *not said here* |  |  | class |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in class=Location |
| 4 | **do** | present · progressive | they | impressions |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent impression=Eventuality |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, because his voice is cracking on purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:86-sun-cold-and-growing-up:t18:o1:1
# text = Yes, because his voice is cracking on purpose
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	cracking	crack	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | present · progressive | his voice |  |  | purpose |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on purpose=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, voices crack as they grow in puberty; do not join in the teasing

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:86-sun-cold-and-growing-up:t18:o2:1
# text = No, voices crack as they grow in puberty; do not join in the teasing
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	crack	crack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	puberty	puberty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	teasing	teasing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | present | voices |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** | present | voices *= voice* |  |  | puberty |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in puberty=Location |
| 3 | **not** **join** | infinitive · do-support | voices *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the teasing | vn cooperate-73.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in teasing=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only when the teacher is not looking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:86-sun-cold-and-growing-up:t18:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only when the teacher is not looking
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **look** | present · progressive | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it is only a joke, he will not mind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:86-sun-cold-and-growing-up:t18:o4:1
# text = Yes, it is only a joke, he will not mind
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	mind	mind	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **mind** | future | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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