--- title: In a cartoon, a girl's period starts and the whole school points and… — Humiliated in front of everyone: the m… · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon, a girl's period starts and the whole school points and laughs forever. What's the truth? 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What's the truth? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** period, truth · **What happens:** start, laugh, be · **To what, where:** cartoon This is test 7 of lesson 9 «Humiliated in front of everyone: the moment that won't go away» 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/9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a girl's period starts and the whole school points and laughs forever. ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away:t7:1 # text = In a cartoon, a girl's period starts and the whole school points and laughs forever. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 starts start VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 points point NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 17 forever forever ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | present | a girl's period | | | a cartoon | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **laugh** | present | a girl's period *not said here* | | | | | forever *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* What's the truth? ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away:t7:2 # text = What's the truth? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the truth | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Periods are natural; teachers help, and mocking them is wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away:t7:o1:1 # text = Periods are natural; teachers help, and mocking them is wrong 1 Periods period NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 mocking mock VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 csubj _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Periods | | | | | natural *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **help** | present | teachers | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **mock** | gerund | | teachers *= teacher* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | mocking | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It's true, a period means you must change school ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away:t7:o2:1 # text = It's true, a period means you must change school 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 11 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | present | a period | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **change** | must | you | school | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Periods only start in films, not in real life ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away:t7:o3:1 # text = Periods only start in films, not in real life 1 Periods period NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 start start VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 films film NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | present | Periods | | | films | | in real life | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Girls should hide at home every month ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:9-humiliated-in-front-of-everyone-the-moment-that-won-t-go-away:t7:o4:1 # text = Girls should hide at home every month 1 Girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | should | Girls | | | home | month | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at home=Location | **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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