Test 9 · Blocking, muting and walking away

«I blocked my best mate cos he laughed at my score». Good use of blocking?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, he, my, Good use · What happens: block, laugh, score · To what, where: best mate, score

This is test 9 of lesson 481 «Blocking, muting and walking away» 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

Sentence 1: «I blocked my best mate cos he laughed at my score».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 blocked	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 blocked	nsubj
3	blocked	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mate	nmod:poss
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 mate	amod
6	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blocked	obj
7	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	9 laughed	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 laughed	nsubj
9	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 blocked	advcl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 score	case
11	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 score	nmod:poss
12	score	score	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 laughed	obl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 blocked	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 blocked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	block in a quote	past	I	my best mate		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer mate=Theme
2	laugh in a quote	past	he		my score	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	score in a quote		my			nom score «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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.

Sentence 2: Good use of blocking?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 use	amod
2	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blocking	nsubj
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 blocking	mark
4	blocking	block	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 blocking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	gerund	Good use						vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, you should report him to the game as well for laughing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 report	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 report	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 report	aux
5	report	report	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 report	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 game	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 game	det
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 report	obl
10	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	5 report	advmod
11	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 as	fixed
12	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 laughing	mark
13	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 report	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	should	you	him = he	the game				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Topic to game=Recipient
2	laugh	gerund	you not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, block people who keep hurting you, not friends in a temper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 block	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 block	punct
3	block	block	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 block	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 keep	nsubj
6	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 people	acl:relcl
7	hurting	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 keep	xcomp
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 hurting	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 friends	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 friends	advmod
11	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 block	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 temper	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 temper	det
14	temper	temper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 block	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	block	imperative	you not said here	people	a temper	friends obl	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent people=Patient in temper=Location
2	keep	present	people				tree rules
3	hurt	gerund	people not said here	you			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient

Option 3

Yes, and never unblock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 unblock	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 unblock	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 unblock	cc
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 unblock	advmod
5	unblock	unblock	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not unblock	imperative	you not said here						tree rules

Option 4

Yes, block anyone at all who laughs at you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 block	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	block	block	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 block	obj
5	at	at	SCONJ	_	8 laughs	mark
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 laughs	nsubj
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 laughs	nsubj
8	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 block	advcl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 you	case
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 laughs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	imperative	you not said here	anyone					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer anyone=Theme
2	laugh	present	all					at you	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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