Test 7 · Slang and how it changes with every generation

Your teacher says "skibidi" can't be a real word "cos it means nothing." What's interesting about that?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teacher, skibidi, real word · What happens: say, not be, co, mean, be · To what, where: real word, nothing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 of lesson 17 «Slang and how it changes with every generation» of the language 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: Your teacher says "skibidi" can't be a real word "cos it means nothing."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 teacher	nmod:poss
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 skibidi	punct
5	skibidi	skibidi	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 word	nsubj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 skibidi	punct
7	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 word	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 word	advmod
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 word	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 word	det
11	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 word	amod
12	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 cos	punct
14	cos	co	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 word	acl:relcl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 means	nsubj
16	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 cos	ccomp
17	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	16 means	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your teacher		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	can	skibidi	a real word	tree rules
3	co in a quote	present	a real word not said here		tree rules
4	mean in a quote	present	skibidi	nothing	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=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.

Sentence 2: What's interesting about that?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 interesting	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 interesting	cop
3	interesting	interesting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 that	case
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 interesting	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 interesting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about that; interesting property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

It means "toilet" in Latin, so it does mean something

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 toilet	punct
4	toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 toilet	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Latin	case
7	Latin	Latin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mean	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 mean	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 mean	nsubj
11	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 mean	aux
12	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	parataxis
13	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 mean	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It	toilet				in Latin	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot toilet=Theme in latin=Attribute
2	mean	present · do-support	toilet	something					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She's right, a word must always have one clear meaning or it doesn't count

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 have	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 have	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 have	aux
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 have	advmod
9	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 meaning	nummod
11	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 meaning	amod
12	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 have	obj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 count	cc
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 count	nsubj
15	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 count	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 count	advmod
17	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	She		right property	tree rules
2	have	must	a word	one clear meaning	always property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient
3	not count	present · do-support	word			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

It is a real word only in Scotland

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 word	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 word	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 word	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 word	amod
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 Scotland	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Scotland	case
8	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 word	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a real word					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Some slang is mainly about belonging to a group, and it's now in a dictionary

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 slang	det
2	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 belonging	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 belonging	aux
4	mainly	mainly	ADV	_	6 belonging	advmod
5	about	about	SCONJ	_	6 belonging	mark
6	belonging	belong	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 group	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 group	det
9	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 belonging	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 dictionary	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 dictionary	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 dictionary	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 dictionary	cop
14	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 dictionary	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 dictionary	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 dictionary	det
17	dictionary	dictionary	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 belonging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	present · progressive	some slang					to a group; mainly property	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	slang			a dictionary	now		tree rules

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