Test 6 · Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes»

Leo: «a teen called me trash, so I called a little kid trash. that's fair innit?»

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, that · What happens: call, be · To what, where: teen, little kid trash, fair innit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 called	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 called	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 called	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 teen	det
5	teen	teen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 called	nsubj:pass
6	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Leo	acl:relcl
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 called	obj
8	trash	trash	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 called	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Leo	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 called	advmod
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 called	nsubj
12	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 trash	det
14	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 trash	amod
15	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 trash	compound
16	trash	trash	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 called	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 innit	punct
18	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	21 innit	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 innit	cop
20	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 innit	amod
21	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 called	xcomp
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	21 innit	punct
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	21 innit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	call in a quote	participle · passive	Leo not said here	a teen	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme i=Result
2	call in a quote	past	Leo	a little kid trash	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent trash=Recipient
3	is a in a quote	present	that	fair innit	tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, fair is fair, that's how games work

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	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fair	cop
5	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 's	punct
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 's	nsubj
8	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fair	parataxis
9	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 work	advmod
10	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 work	nsubj
11	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fair	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	fair	fair property	tree rules
2	be	present	that		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	work	present	games		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Only if the kid was on the other team

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	9 team	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 team	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kid	det
4	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 team	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 team	cop
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 team	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 team	det
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 team	amod
9	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the kid			the other team			tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, he just passed the meanness on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 passed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 passed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 passed	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 passed	advmod
5	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 meanness	det
7	meanness	meanness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passed	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	5 passed	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	past	he	the meanness					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meanness=Theme

Option 4

Yes, the little kid started it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 started	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kid	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kid	amod
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 started	nsubj
6	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 started	obj

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

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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