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title: Dare: «go on, if he says your mum's fat you HAVE to hit him, it's se… — Self-defence or just stupid? · tree and pragmatics
description: Dare: «go on, if he says your mum's fat you HAVE to hit him, it's self-defence». True? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 377 «Self-defence or just stupid?» 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 wrong.
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Self-defence or just stupid?

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Dare: «go on, if he says your mum's fat you HAVE to hit him, it's self-defence». True?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he, you, fat, Dare · **What happens:** go on, say, have, hit, be · **To what, where:** fat, self defence · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 377 «Self-defence or just stupid?» 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/377-self-defence-or-just-stupid/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dare: «go on, if he says your mum's fat you HAVE to hit him, it's self-defence».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:t7:1
# text = Dare: «go on, if he says your mum's fat you HAVE to hit him, it's self-defence».
1	Dare	dare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	on	on	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	HAVE	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	hit	hit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
22	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	defence	defence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | your mum's fat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **hit** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | your mum's fat *not said here* | fat |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme |
| 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Dare | self defence |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* True?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:t7:2
# text = True?
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, but only one punch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:t7:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only one punch
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	punch	punch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, mum jokes count as attacks, so you can hit back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:t7:o2:1
# text = Yes, mum jokes count as attacks, so you can hit back
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	attacks	attack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	hit	hit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | mum jokes |  |  |  |  | as attacks | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as attack=Attribute |
| 2 | **hit back** | can | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only if it's a really bad joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:t7:o3:1
# text = Only if it's a really bad joke
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a bad joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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No, rude words aren't an attack on your body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:t7:o4:1
# text = No, rude words aren't an attack on your body
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | rude words | a attack |  | your body |  |  | tree rules |

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**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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