--- title: Mia's friend: "Your dog came in to personally disprove you. Iconic."… — Saying "I was wrong" and laughing with… · tree and pragmatics description: Mia's friend: "Your dog came in to personally disprove you. Iconic." Why does everyone laugh, Mia included? 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Why does everyone laugh, Mia included? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, everyone · **What happens:** come in, disprove, laugh, include · **To what, where:** you, Mia This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 190 «Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel» 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/190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mia's friend: "Your dog came in to personally disprove you. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t10:1 # text = Mia's friend: "Your dog came in to personally disprove you. 1 Mia Mia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 personally personally ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 disprove disprove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come in** *in a quote* | past | Mia's friend | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **disprove** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Mia's friend *not said here* | you | | | | personally *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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:* Iconic." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t10:2 # text = Iconic." 1 Iconic iconic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* Why does everyone laugh, Mia included? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t10:3 # text = Why does everyone laugh, Mia included? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 4 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 Mia Mia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 included include VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | present · do-support | everyone | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **include** | participle · passive | | Mia | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} She joked about her own mistake ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t10:o1:1 # text = She joked about her own mistake 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 joked joke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **joke** *speech: other* | past | She | | | | | about her own mistake | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about mistake=Topic | | 2 | **mistake** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Her dog turned out to be brown ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t10:o2:1 # text = Her dog turned out to be brown 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn out** | past | Her dog | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | Her dog *not said here* | | | | | brown *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} They think Mia is silly ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t10:o3:1 # text = They think Mia is silly 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Mia Mia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | They | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | Mia | | | | | silly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are all laughing at her silly dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t10:o4:1 # text = They are all laughing at her silly dog 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 laughing laugh VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | present · progressive | They | | | | | at her silly dog; all *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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