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title: Ella's older sister: "Laugh at the idea, not the person. Calves drin… — Saying "I was wrong" and laughing with… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 3 · ★ · Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel

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Ella's older sister: "Laugh at the idea, not the person. Calves drink milk; grown-up cows drink water. Now she knows." What did the sister do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Calves, grown cows, person, sister · **What happens:** laugh, drink, grow up, know, do · **To what, where:** idea, milk, water

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ella's older sister: "Laugh at the idea, not the person.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t3:1
# text = Ella's older sister: "Laugh at the idea, not the person.
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  | the idea and the person |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Calves drink milk; grown-up cows drink water.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t3:2
# text = Calves drink milk; grown-up cows drink water.
1	Calves	calf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drink	drink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	drink	drink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | present | Calves | milk |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient |
| 2 | **grow up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **drink** | present | grown cows | water |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* Now she knows."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t3:3
# text = Now she knows."
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | person |  |  |  | now |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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*Sentence 4:* What did the sister do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t3:4
# text = What did the sister do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | the sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Turned mocking into helping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t3:o1:1
# text = Turned mocking into helping
1	Turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	mocking	mock	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	helping	helping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mock** | gerund |  |  |  | helping |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mocked the friend even harder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t3:o2:1
# text = Mocked the friend even harder
1	Mocked	mock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	harder	hard	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mock** | past |  | the friend |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Told Ella never to laugh again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t3:o3:1
# text = Told Ella never to laugh again
1	Told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	iobj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  | Ella |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent ella=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **laugh** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | again |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Agreed that cows drink milk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t3:o4:1
# text = Agreed that cows drink milk
1	Agreed	agree	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	drink	drink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **drink** | present | that Agreed cows | milk |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient |

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