--- title: Ruby asks "where's the pony then?" after Mum said "and a pony too".… — Sarcasm and tone of voice · tree and pragmatics description: Ruby asks "where's the pony then?" after Mum said "and a pony too". What should Ruby understand? Test 6 · ★★ 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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Sarcasm and tone of voice Ruby asks "where's the pony then?" after Mum said "and a pony too". What should Ruby understand? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ruby, Mum · **What happens:** ask, be, say, understand · **To what, where:** pony · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ruby asks "where's the pony then?" after Mum said "and a pony too". ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:t6:1 # text = Ruby asks "where's the pony then?" after Mum said "and a pony too". 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pony pony NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 11 after after SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 Mum Mum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 pony pony NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 18 too too ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Ruby | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | the pony | | | then | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mum | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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 should Ruby understand? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:t6:2 # text = What should Ruby understand? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Ruby Ruby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** | should | Ruby | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It was a sarcastic way of saying no ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:t6:o1:1 # text = It was a sarcastic way of saying no 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 sarcastic sarcastic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | a sarcastic way | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a sarcastic way *not said here* | no | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Mum ordered a pony ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:t6:o2:1 # text = Mum ordered a pony 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 pony pony NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | Mum | | a pony | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pony=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The pony is outside ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:t6:o3:1 # text = The pony is outside 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pony pony NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 outside outside ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | the pony | | | | | outside *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Mum will buy the pony later ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:t6:o4:1 # text = Mum will buy the pony later 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pony pony NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | future | Mum | the pony | | | | late *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pony=Theme | **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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