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title: The boys' mate: "Bro, last week you said Australia was in Europe. Ca… — Saying "I was wrong" and laughing with… · tree and pragmatics
description: The boys' mate: "Bro, last week you said Australia was in Europe. Calm down." What is he reminding them? Test 8 · ★ 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 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel

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The boys' mate: "Bro, last week you said Australia was in Europe. Calm down." What is he reminding them?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, Australia, you · **What happens:** say, be, calm down, remind · **To what, where:** Europe, Bro · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The boys' mate: "Bro, last week you said Australia was in Europe.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t8:1
# text = The boys' mate: "Bro, last week you said Australia was in Europe.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the boys's mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Australia |  |  | Europe |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Calm down."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t8:2
# text = Calm down."
1	Calm	calm	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **calm down** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What is he reminding them?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t8:3
# text = What is he reminding them?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reminding	remind	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remind** *speech: other* | present · progressive | Australia |  | Bro |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Laughing at people is fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t8:o1:1
# text = Laughing at people is fine
1	Laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at people | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Laughing |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Australia really is in Europe, near Austria

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t8:o2:1
# text = Australia really is in Europe, near Austria
1	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Austria	Austria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | Europe |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Jade is always wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t8:o3:1
# text = Jade is always wrong
1	Jade	jade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Jade |  |  |  |  | always, wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Everyone gets things wrong sometimes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t8:o4:1
# text = Everyone gets things wrong sometimes
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Everyone | things |  |  |  | sometimes, wrong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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