Test 3 · Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes»

«he beat me, typing him a proper essay of insults rn» — wise move?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: beat, type, essay · To what, where: me, him, insults · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 406 «Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes»» of the everyday 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 beat	punct
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 beat	nsubj
3	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 beat	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 typing	punct
6	typing	type	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 rn	csubj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 typing	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 essay	det
9	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 essay	amod
10	essay	essay	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rn	compound
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 insults	case
12	insults	insult	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 essay	nmod
13	rn	rn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beat	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 rn	punct
15	—	-	PUNCT	_	17 move	punct
16	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 move	amod
17	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beat	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 beat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	beat in a quote	past	he	me	wise move obl	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent i=Patient rn=Result
2	type in a quote	gerund		him = he		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	essay in a quote			insults		nom essay «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

Add a threat at the end to scare him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 threat	det
3	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Add	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 end	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 end	det
6	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Add	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 scare	mark
8	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Add	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 scare	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a threat			at the end		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent threat=Patient
2	scare	to-infinitive	you not said here	him = he					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

Option 2

Send it to his mates too so they know

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Send	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 mates	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mates	nmod:poss
5	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Send	obl
6	too	too	ADV	_	1 Send	advmod
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 know	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 know	nsubj
9	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Send	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	imperative	you not said here	it		his mates			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to mate=Destination
2	know	present	mates = mate						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Send it, he deserves every word of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Send	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 deserves	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 deserves	nsubj
5	deserves	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Send	parataxis
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 word	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deserves	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 word	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	send	imperative	you not said here	it	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	deserve	present	he	every word of word	tree rules
3	word			word	nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Read it back, delete it, send gg

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Read	obj
3	back	back	ADV	_	1 Read	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 delete	punct
5	delete	delete	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Read	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 delete	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 send	punct
8	send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Read	conj
9	gg	gg	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 send	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	read back	imperative	you not said here	it	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	delete	infinitive	you not said here	it	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	send	infinitive	you not said here	gg	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gg=Theme

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