--- title: It is given that a friend laughs frequently but has ceased to eat at… — Reading people in hard times: what's r… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a friend laughs frequently but has ceased to eat at lunchtime following a family upheaval. Select the response consistent with the established facts. 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Select the response consistent with the established facts. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, lunchtime, you · **What happens:** give, laugh, cease, eat, follow, select · **To what, where:** It, lunchtime, family upheaval, response This is exam question 3 of lesson 28 «Reading people in hard times: what's really behind the mean face» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/28-reading-people-in-hard-times-whats-really-behind-the-mean-face/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a friend laughs frequently but has ceased to eat at lunchtime following a family upheaval. ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:28-reading-people-in-hard-times-whats-really-behind-the-mean-face:e3:1 # text = It is given that a friend laughs frequently but has ceased to eat at lunchtime following a family upheaval. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 frequently frequently ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 ceased cease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 lunchtime lunchtime NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 upheaval upheaval NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **laugh** | present | a friend | | | | | frequently *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **cease** | present · perfect | a friend *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **eat** | to-infinitive | a friend *not said here* | | | lunchtime | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **follow** | gerund | lunchtime *not said here* | a family upheaval | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent upheaval=Theme | 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:* Select the response consistent with the established facts. ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:28-reading-people-in-hard-times-whats-really-behind-the-mean-face:e3:2 # text = Select the response consistent with the established facts. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The friend is evidently content and no action is warranted ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:28-reading-people-in-hard-times-whats-really-behind-the-mean-face:e3:o1:1 # text = The friend is evidently content and no action is warranted 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 evidently evidently ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 content content ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 warranted warrant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the friend | | | | | content, evidently *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **warrant** | present · passive | | no action | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The friend's conduct is solely an attempt to attract attention ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:28-reading-people-in-hard-times-whats-really-behind-the-mean-face:e3:o2:1 # text = The friend's conduct is solely an attempt to attract attention 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 solely solely ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 attract attract VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 11 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the friend's conduct | a attempt | | | | solely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **attract** | to-infinitive | | attention | | | | | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient | | 3 | **conduct** | | the friend | | | | | | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The friend may be masking distress, and a trusted adult ought to be informed ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:28-reading-people-in-hard-times-whats-really-behind-the-mean-face:e3:o3:1 # text = The friend may be masking distress, and a trusted adult ought to be informed 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 masking mask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 distress distress NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 informed inform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mask** | may · progressive | the friend | distress | | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent distress=Destination | | 2 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **inform** *speech: other* | ought · passive | | a trusted adult | | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The matter ought to be announced to the class ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:28-reading-people-in-hard-times-whats-really-behind-the-mean-face:e3:o4:1 # text = The matter ought to be announced to the class 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 announced announce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **announce** *speech: other* | ought · passive | | the matter | the class | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to class=Recipient | **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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