--- title: ★ «xiào sǐ wǒ le» and English «I'm dead 💀» are both about laughing.… — Told you a hundred times: how other la… · tree and pragmatics description: ★ «xiào sǐ wǒ le» and English «I'm dead 💀» are both about laughing. What do they show about many languages? Test 3 of lesson 53 «Told you a hundred times: how other languages exaggerate and play down» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/t3/) [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/) / [Told you a hundred times: how other la…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/) / t3 # Test 3 · Told you a hundred times: how other languages exaggerate a… ★ «xiào sǐ wǒ le» and English «I'm dead 💀» are both about laughing. What do they show about many languages? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, ★ · **What happens:** be, laugh, show · **To what, where:** dead 💀 This is test 3 of lesson 53 «Told you a hundred times: how other languages exaggerate and play down» 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/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★ «xiào sǐ wǒ le» and English «I'm dead 💀» are both about laughing. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t3:1 # text = ★ «xiào sǐ wǒ le» and English «I'm dead 💀» are both about laughing. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 2 « « PUNCT `` _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 xiào xiào X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ 4 sǐ sǐ X FW Foreign=Yes 6 flat:foreign _ _ 5 wǒ wǒ X FW Foreign=Yes 6 flat:foreign _ _ 6 le le X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 10 « « PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 💀 💀 NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 17 both both ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 about about SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 laughing laugh VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | dead 💀 | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **laugh** | present · progressive | ★ and English | | | | | both *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: 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 do they show about many languages? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t3:2 # text = What do they show about many languages? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 show show VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 languages language NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present · do-support | ★ | | | | | about many languages | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent what=Recipient about language=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They use «death» to mean «very much» ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t3:o1:1 # text = They use «death» to mean «very much» 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 much much ADV RB _ 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | They | death | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Patient | | 2 | **mean** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Topic | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} They only use it for sad things ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t3:o2:1 # text = They only use it for sad things 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | They | it | | | | for sad things | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent it=Theme for thing=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} They all copied it from English speakers online ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t3:o3:1 # text = They all copied it from English speakers online 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 copied copy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 speakers speaker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 online online ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | past | They | it | | | | from English speakers; online *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They never joke about laughing ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t3:o4:1 # text = They never joke about laughing 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 joke joke VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 about about SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **joke** *speech: other* | present | They | | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **laugh** | gerund | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: 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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