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title: lowkey, did Jurgen say his bad words out loud on the ship? — Jurgen, Jurgen, part 175: a boy rides… · tree and pragmatics
description: lowkey, did Jurgen say his bad words out loud on the ship? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 964 «Jurgen, Jurgen, part 175: a boy rides to a funeral, then sails out and sees a Spanish city» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 13 · ★ · Jurgen, Jurgen, part 175: a boy rides to a funeral, then s…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lowkey, did Jurgen say his bad words out loud on the ship?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lowkey, Jurgen · **What happens:** say, word · **To what, where:** bad words, ship · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 964 «Jurgen, Jurgen, part 175: a boy rides to a funeral, then sails out and sees a Spanish city» of the books 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/964-pg27200-part175/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:964-pg27200-part175:t13:1
# text = lowkey, did Jurgen say his bad words out loud on the ship?
1	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Jurgen	Jurgen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | lowkey | Jurgen's bad words |  | the ship |  | loud *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
| 2 | **word** |  | Jurgen |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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nah, he gulped them down and kept quiet while the sailors laughed at him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:964-pg27200-part175:t13:o1:1
# text = nah, he gulped them down and kept quiet while the sailors laughed at him
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gulped	gulp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gulp down** | past | he | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **laugh** | past | the sailors |  |  |  |  | at him *= he* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he swore at the captain loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:964-pg27200-part175:t13:o2:1
# text = yeah, he swore at the captain loudly
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	swore	swear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | past | he |  |  | the captain |  | loudly *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he wrote them down quietly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:964-pg27200-part175:t13:o3:1
# text = nah, he wrote them down quietly
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write down** | past | he | them *= they* |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he gulped them down and kept quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:964-pg27200-part175:t13:o4:1
# text = nah, he gulped them down and kept quiet
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gulped	gulp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gulp down** | past | he | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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