--- title: Ethan, under his breath: "Love that for me. Very informative." What… — "Because I said so" and other dead-end… · tree and pragmatics description: Ethan, under his breath: "Love that for me. Very informative." What is he being sarcastic about? 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What is he being sarcastic about? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be This is test 1 of lesson 163 «"Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons» of the world 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/world/163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ethan, under his breath: "Love that for me. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t1:1 # text = Ethan, under his breath: "Love that for me. 1 Ethan Ethan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 under under ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Very informative." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t1:2 # text = Very informative." 1 Very very ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 informative informative ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* What is he being sarcastic about? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t1:3 # text = What is he being sarcastic about? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 5 sarcastic sarcastic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | sarcastic *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The answer gave him no reason at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t1:o1:1 # text = The answer gave him no reason at all 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the answer | no reason | him *= he* | all | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient reason=Theme at all=Asset | ### Option 2 {#o2} Liking the word "informative" ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t1:o2:1 # text = Liking the word "informative" 1 Liking like VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 informative informative ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | gerund | | the word | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot word=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Mum telling him too much ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t1:o3:1 # text = Mum telling him too much 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | Mum *not said here* | much | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient much=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} His bedtime being too late ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:t1:o4:1 # text = His bedtime being too late 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 bedtime bedtime NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | His bedtime | | | | | late *property* | tree rules | **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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