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title: Ava's dad calls his roaring old banger "The Beast". ("Banger" means… — Cringe that lasts: getting over embarr… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ava's dad calls his roaring old banger "The Beast". ("Banger" means old car.) Why did laughing about it with him help? Test 6 of lesson 11 «Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 6 · Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments

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Ava's dad calls his roaring old banger "The Beast". ("Banger" means old car.) Why did laughing about it with him help?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, Banger · **What happens:** call, mean, laugh · **To what, where:** old banger, old car · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 11 «Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments» 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/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ava's dad calls his roaring old banger "The Beast".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments:t6:1
# text = Ava's dad calls his roaring old banger "The Beast".
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
6	roaring	roaring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	banger	banger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Beast	Beast	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | Ava's dad | dad's old banger |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent banger=Recipient |

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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:* ("Banger" means old car.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments:t6:2
# text = ("Banger" means old car.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Banger	banger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Banger | old car |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* Why did laughing about it with him help?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments:t6:3
# text = Why did laughing about it with him help?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	compound	_	_
8	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | about banger; with him help | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It made the car quieter, so nobody could hear it any more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments:t6:o1:1
# text = It made the car quieter, so nobody could hear it any more
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	quieter	quiet	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	nsubj	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	any	any	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | It | the car |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material car=Product |
| 2 | **hear** | could | nobody | car |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It meant she could stop loving her dad and feel nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments:t6:o2:1
# text = It meant she could stop loving her dad and feel nothing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	loving	love	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** | could | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **love** | gerund | she *not said here* | her dad |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus |
| 4 | **feel** | present |  | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It made the other kids stop looking at the car forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments:t6:o3:1
# text = It made the other kids stop looking at the car forever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | present | the other kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at the car; forever *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at car=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It turned the cringe into a shared joke, not a shame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments:t6:o4:1
# text = It turned the cringe into a shared joke, not a shame
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cringe	cringe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | It | the cringe |  | a shared joke |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cringe=Theme into joke=Trajectory |
| 2 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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