--- title: A teacher says "Lovely, Tom, very helpful" when Tom knocks over the… — Sarcasm and tone of voice · tree and pragmatics description: A teacher says "Lovely, Tom, very helpful" when Tom knocks over the paints. What is she showing? Test 11 · ★★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Sarcasm and tone of voice](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Sarcasm and tone of voice A teacher says "Lovely, Tom, very helpful" when Tom knocks over the paints. What is she showing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teacher, Tom · **What happens:** say, knock, show · **To what, where:** paints · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Sarcasm and tone of voice» 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/29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A teacher says "Lovely, Tom, very helpful" when Tom knocks over the paints. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:t11:1 # text = A teacher says "Lovely, Tom, very helpful" when Tom knocks over the paints. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 helpful helpful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 13 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 knocks knock VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 15 over over ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 paints paint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a teacher | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **knock** | present | Tom | | | the paints | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over paint=Location | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is she showing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:t11:2 # text = What is she showing? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 showing show VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present · progressive | Tom | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} She is truly pleased ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:t11:o1:1 # text = She is truly pleased 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 truly truly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | pleased, truly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} She wants more paint spilled ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:t11:o2:1 # text = She wants more paint spilled 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 paint paint NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 spilled spill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | She | more paint | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot paint=Theme | | 2 | **spill** | participle | | more paint *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} She is giving Tom a reward ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:t11:o3:1 # text = She is giving Tom a reward 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 iobj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · progressive | She | a reward | Tom | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent tom=Recipient reward=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She's annoyed and teasing ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:t11:o4:1 # text = She's annoyed and teasing 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 annoyed annoyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 teasing tease VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | annoyed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **tease** | gerund | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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. 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