--- title: Toddler screams at jabs. Is she being naughty? — Needles and brave faces · tree and pragmatics description: Toddler screams at jabs. Is she being naughty? Test 8 of lesson 32 «Needles and brave faces» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/32-needles-and-brave-faces/t8/) [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/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Needles and brave faces](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/32-needles-and-brave-faces/) / t8 # Test 8 · Needles and brave faces Toddler screams at jabs. Is she being naughty? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Toddler · **What happens:** scream, be · **To what, where:** jabs This is test 8 of lesson 32 «Needles and brave faces» of the medicine 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/medicine/32-needles-and-brave-faces/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Toddler screams at jabs. ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:t8:1 # text = Toddler screams at jabs. 1 Toddler toddler NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 screams scream VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 jabs jab NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | present | Toddler | | | jabs | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at jab=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:* Is she being naughty? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:t8:2 # text = Is she being naughty? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 cop _ _ 4 naughty naughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Toddler | | | | | naughty *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} No, she's just pretending to be hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:t8:o1:1 # text = No, she's just pretending to be hurt 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 pretending pretend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | present · progressive | she | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hurt** | to-infinitive · passive | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, little children scream when scared or hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:t8:o2:1 # text = No, little children scream when scared or hurt 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 scream scream VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 7 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | present | little children | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hurt** | participle | little children *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, she should be told off firmly ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:t8:o3:1 # text = Yes, she should be told off firmly 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | should · passive | | she | | | | firmly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, she's spoiled and wants attention ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:t8:o4:1 # text = Yes, she's spoiled and wants attention 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 spoiled spoil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spoil** | present · passive | | she | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | present | | attention | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot attention=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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