Test 1 · ★★ · Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said

my mate says if u learn the rude words u can shout them back, fair's fair. right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, u · What happens: say, learn, shout back · To what, where: rude words, words · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said» of the Chinese street 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 learn	mark
5	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 learn	nsubj
6	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 shout	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 words	det
8	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 words	amod
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 learn	obj
10	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 shout	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 shout	aux
12	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 shout	obj
14	back	back	ADV	_	12 shout	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 fair	punct
16	fair	fair	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shout	obl
17	's	's	PART	_	16 fair	case
18	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 shout	parataxis
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
20	right	right	INTJ	_	3 says	discourse
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	learn a condition, not said to happen	present	u	the rude words		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic
3	shout back speech: express	can	u	words = word	's fair	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic

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

Option 1

No, shout the English ones back instead, louder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 shout	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ones	det
5	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ones	amod
6	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shout	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	3 shout	advmod
8	instead	instead	ADV	_	3 shout	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 louder	punct
10	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 shout	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here	the English ones				instead property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No: know the meaning, walk away, never say them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 :	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct
3	know	know	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 meaning	det
5	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 know	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 walk	punct
7	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 know	conj
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 walk	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 say	punct
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 say	advmod
11	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 know	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	know	imperative	you not said here	the meaning		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer meaning=Stimulus
2	walk away	infinitive	you not said here		away property	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	them = they		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Topic

Option 3

Yes, but only at grown-ups

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 ups	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 ups	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 ups	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 ups	case
6	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 ups	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 grown	punct
8	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, fair's fair, they started it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 fair	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	fair	fair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fair	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 fair	case
5	fair	fair	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 started	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fair	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 started	nsubj
8	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 started	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	past	fair's fair	it					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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