--- title: «Sam, ur mental, Jake'll batter u for that». What's true about Sam's… — Speaking up is bravery too · tree and pragmatics description: «Sam, ur mental, Jake'll batter u for that». What's true about Sam's words to Jake? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 368 «Speaking up is bravery too» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Speaking up is bravery too](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Speaking up is bravery too «Sam, ur mental, Jake'll batter u for that». What's true about Sam's words to Jake? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jake, Sam · **What happens:** batter, be, word · **To what, where:** u This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 368 «Speaking up is bravery too» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «Sam, ur mental, Jake'll batter u for that». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t3:1 # text = «Sam, ur mental, Jake'll batter u for that». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 ur your PRON PRP$ Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 mental mental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 batter batter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 10 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **batter** *in a quote* | future | Jake | u | | | | for that | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent you=Instrument | 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 true about Sam's words to Jake? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t3:2 # text = What's true about Sam's words to Jake? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | about Sam's words to Jake; true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **word** | | Sam | | | | | to Jake | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They were brave and fair, said without fists ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t3:o1:1 # text = They were brave and fair, said without fists 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 without without ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 fists fist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | brave *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | They *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | They *not said here* | | | | | without fists | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} They were rude to Jake ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t3:o2:1 # text = They were rude to Jake 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | Jake | | | rude *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} They were stupid; he should've hit Jake first ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t3:o3:1 # text = They were stupid; he should've hit Jake first 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 've have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux _ _ 8 hit hit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 9 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | stupid *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hit** | should · perfect | he | Jake | | | | first *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme jake=Co-Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They broke a school rule ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too:t3:o4:1 # text = They broke a school rule 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | They | a school rule | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient | **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. 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