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title: In a cartoon, a teacher writes "Stop clapping!!!!!!!!" on a report.… — Punctuation that changes meaning · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a teacher writes "Stop clapping!!!!!!!!" on a report. What would a formal report use? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 14 «Punctuation that changes meaning» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 7 · ★ · Punctuation that changes meaning

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In a cartoon, a teacher writes "Stop clapping!!!!!!!!" on a report. What would a formal report use?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teacher · **What happens:** write, stop, clap · **To what, where:** cartoon · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 14 «Punctuation that changes meaning» of the language 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/language/14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a teacher writes "Stop clapping!!!!!!!!" on a report.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning:t7:1
# text = In a cartoon, a teacher writes "Stop clapping!!!!!!!!" on a report.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
10	clapping	clap	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!!!!!!!!	!!!!!!!!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | a teacher |  |  | a cartoon |  | on a report | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive | a teacher *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **clap** *in a quote* | gerund | a teacher *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 would a formal report use?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning:t7:2
# text = What would a formal report use?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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One exclamation mark, or none

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning:t7:o1:1
# text = One exclamation mark, or none
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	exclamation	exclamation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A full stop after each one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning:t7:o2:1
# text = A full stop after each one
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ten exclamation marks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning:t7:o3:1
# text = Ten exclamation marks
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	exclamation	exclamation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A question mark and an exclamation mark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning:t7:o4:1
# text = A question mark and an exclamation mark
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	exclamation	exclamation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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