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title: Determine the meaning of the reply "Yeah, sure, and a pony too" to a… — Sarcasm and tone of voice · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the meaning of the reply "Yeah, sure, and a pony too" to a request for a sweet. Exam question 4 of lesson 29 «Sarcasm and tone of voice» 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 was wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · Sarcasm and tone of voice

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Determine the meaning of the reply "Yeah, sure, and a pony too" to a request for a sweet.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, mean · **To what, where:** meaning, reply

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 29 «Sarcasm and tone of voice» of the language course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:e4:1
# text = Determine the meaning of the reply "Yeah, sure, and a pony too" to a request for a sweet.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	_
15	too	too	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	sweet	sweet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning of the reply |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** |  |  | the reply |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A promise of two gifts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:e4:o1:1
# text = A promise of two gifts
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** |  |  | two gifts |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A request for clarification

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:e4:o2:1
# text = A request for clarification
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	clarification	clarification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An unconditional consent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:e4:o3:1
# text = An unconditional consent
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unconditional	unconditional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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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A refusal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:e4:o4:1
# text = A refusal
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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