--- title: What would happen if someone joked «Boo, I'm your dead grandma!» to… — Souls, ghosts and stories · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if someone joked «Boo, I'm your dead grandma!» to a kid whose gran just died? 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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/religion-ethics/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t4:1 # text = What would happen if someone joked «Boo, I'm your dead grandma!» to a kid whose gran just died? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 nsubj _ _ 6 joked joke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Boo boo NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 20 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 gran gran NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 just just ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to a kid | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **joke** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | someone | Boo | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | someone | your dead grandma | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **die** | past | gran | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 {#o1} The kid would feel much better ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t4:o1:1 # text = The kid would feel much better 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | would | the kid | | | | | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing; jokes never hurt anyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t4:o2:1 # text = Nothing; jokes never hurt anyone 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 jokes joke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 hurt hurt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hurt** | past | Nothing jokes | anyone | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The kid could be really hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t4:o3:1 # text = The kid could be really hurt 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | could · passive | | the kid | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Everyone would find it equally funny ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t4:o4:1 # text = Everyone would find it equally funny 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 equally equally ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | would | Everyone | it | | | | funny *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | **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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