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title: Tom laughed at Ollie's photo but later said sorry. Ollie still feels… — Laughed at: photos, scores, nicknames… · tree and pragmatics
description: Tom laughed at Ollie's photo but later said sorry. Ollie still feels a sting when Tom laughs. Which is the wisest view? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Laughed at: photos, scores, nicknames and the spotlight» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Laughed at: photos, scores, nicknames and the spotlight

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Tom laughed at Ollie's photo but later said sorry. Ollie still feels a sting when Tom laughs. Which is the wisest view?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tom, Ollie · **What happens:** laugh, say, feel, be · **To what, where:** photo, sting, wisest view · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Laughed at: photos, scores, nicknames and the spotlight» of the reflection 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/reflection/10-laughed-at-photos-scores-nicknames-and-the-spotlight/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tom laughed at Ollie's photo but later said sorry.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:10-laughed-at-photos-scores-nicknames-and-the-spotlight:t2:1
# text = Tom laughed at Ollie's photo but later said sorry.
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | Tom |  |  | Ollie's photo |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: apologize* | past | Tom *not said here* |  |  |  |  | late, sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Ollie still feels a sting when Tom laughs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:10-laughed-at-photos-scores-nicknames-and-the-spotlight:t2:2
# text = Ollie still feels a sting when Tom laughs.
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	still	still	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
7	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | Ollie | a sting |  |  | still |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sting=Theme |
| 2 | **laugh** | present | Tom |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Which is the wisest view?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:10-laughed-at-photos-scores-nicknames-and-the-spotlight:t2:3
# text = Which is the wisest view?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wisest	wise	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the wisest view |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Tom's sorry didn't count because it came later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:10-laughed-at-photos-scores-nicknames-and-the-spotlight:t2:o1:1
# text = Tom's sorry didn't count because it came later
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **count** | past · do-support | Tom |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come** | past | it |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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One thoughtless click hurt; trust can come back slowly after a real sorry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:10-laughed-at-photos-scores-nicknames-and-the-spotlight:t2:o2:1
# text = One thoughtless click hurt; trust can come back slowly after a real sorry
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	thoughtless	thoughtless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	click	click	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sorry	sorry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | participle |  | One thoughtless click *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **come back** | can | trust |  |  |  | after a real sorry | slowly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The sting means Ollie is too sensitive and should toughen up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:10-laughed-at-photos-scores-nicknames-and-the-spotlight:t2:o3:1
# text = The sting means Ollie is too sensitive and should toughen up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	sensitive	sensitive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	toughen	toughen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | the sting |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Ollie |  |  |  |  | sensitive *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **toughen up** | should | the sting *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tom must have hated him all along, so the friendship is over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:10-laughed-at-photos-scores-nicknames-and-the-spotlight:t2:o4:1
# text = Tom must have hated him all along, so the friendship is over
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	hated	hate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	along	along	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	over	over	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | must · perfect · passive |  | Tom |  |  |  | along *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the friendship |  |  |  |  | over *property* | tree rules |

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