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title: Check the claim: "Kids who laugh at a funeral didn't love the person." — Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in h… · tree and pragmatics
description: Check the claim: "Kids who laugh at a funeral didn't love the person." Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was righ
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★

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Check the claim: "Kids who laugh at a funeral didn't love the person."

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Kids · **What happens:** check, laugh, not love · **To what, where:** claim, funeral, person

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★» 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/31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:t9:1
# text = Check the claim: "Kids who laugh at a funeral didn't love the person."
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	laugh	laugh	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | the claim |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme |
| 2 | **laugh** *in a quote* | present | Kids |  |  | a funeral |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **love** *in a quote* | past · do-support | Kids | the person |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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False: grief comes in waves, laughter included

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:t9:o1:1
# text = False: grief comes in waves, laughter included
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	laughter	laughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	included	include	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | False grief |  |  | waves and laughter |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wave=Location |
| 2 | **include** | participle |  | waves and laughter *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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False, because funerals are meant to be fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:t9:o2:1
# text = False, because funerals are meant to be fun
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	funerals	funeral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	fun	fun	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · passive |  | False |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | fun *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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True, unless the children are very young

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:t9:o3:1
# text = True, unless the children are very young
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the children |  |  |  |  | young *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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True: sad people never laugh at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:t9:o4:1
# text = True: sad people never laugh at all
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	laugh	laugh	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **laugh** | present | True people |  |  | all |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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