--- title: What would happen in a class where everyone was laughed at for every… — Saying "I was wrong" and laughing with… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen in a class where everyone was laughed at for every mistake? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 190 «Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Saying "I was wrong" and laughing with…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel What would happen in a class where everyone was laughed at for every mistake? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, laugh · **To what, where:** class, everyone This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t12:1 # text = What would happen in a class where everyone was laughed at for every mistake? 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 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 8 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 laughed laugh VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 10 obl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | a class | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in class=Location | | 2 | **laugh** | past · passive | | everyone | | | | for every mistake | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The class would be more fun for everyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t12:o1:1 # text = The class would be more fun for everyone 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | would | the class | more fun | | | | for everyone | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Everyone would learn much faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t12:o2:1 # text = Everyone would learn much faster 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | would | Everyone | | | | | fast *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nobody would ever make a mistake again ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t12:o3:1 # text = Nobody would ever make a mistake again 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | would | Nobody | a mistake | | | ever; again | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Product | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} People would stop trying and stop asking questions ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t12:o4:1 # text = People would stop trying and stop asking questions 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | People | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **try** | gerund | People *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **stop** | present | People *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | People *not said here* | questions | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | **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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