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title: A classmate is laughed at after saying a wrong answer. What can you… — Disappointment, jealousy and embarrass… · tree and pragmatics
description: A classmate is laughed at after saying a wrong answer. What can you do? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 92 «Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment» 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.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment

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A classmate is laughed at after saying a wrong answer. What can you do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** laugh, say, do · **To what, where:** classmate, wrong answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 92 «Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment» 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/92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A classmate is laughed at after saying a wrong answer.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:t10:1
# text = A classmate is laughed at after saying a wrong answer.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	_
6	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present · passive |  | a classmate |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | a wrong answer |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent answer=Topic |

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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 can you do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:t10:2
# text = What can you do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | can | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Laugh too so you fit in with the others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:t10:o1:1
# text = Laugh too so you fit in with the others
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	too	too	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fit	fit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fit in** | present | you |  |  |  |  | with the others | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Tell the teacher the answer was silly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:t10:o2:1
# text = Tell the teacher the answer was silly
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the teacher |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | past | the answer |  |  |  |  | silly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Not join in, and say that it was a good try

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:t10:o3:1
# text = Not join in, and say that it was a good try
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	join	join	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	try	try	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **join in** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past | it | a good try |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Whisper the right answer to everyone else so they can laugh as well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:t10:o4:1
# text = Whisper the right answer to everyone else so they can laugh as well
1	Whisper	whisper	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	11	obl	_	_
7	else	else	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	11	advmod	_	_
13	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | can | they |  | everyone |  |  | whisper the right answer | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to everyone=Recipient |

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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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