--- title: «this guy keeps calling me thick on voice, wot do i do» — Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes» · tree and pragmatics description: «this guy keeps calling me thick on voice, wot do i do» Test 1 of lesson 406 «Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes»» 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/406-toxic-players-and-swearing/t1/) [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/) / [Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/406-toxic-players-and-swearing/) / t1 # Test 1 · Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes» «this guy keeps calling me thick on voice, wot do i do» **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** guy, i · **What happens:** keep, call, do · **To what, where:** me · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 of lesson 406 «Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes»» 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/406-toxic-players-and-swearing/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t1:1 # text = «this guy keeps calling me thick on voice, wot do i do» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 guy guy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 calling call VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 csubj _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 wot wot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | this guy | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **call** *in a quote* | gerund | | | me | | | thick *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present · do-support | i | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Give him ur address to sort it out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t1:o1:1 # text = Give him ur address to sort it out 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 ur your PRON PRP$ Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 address address NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 sort sort VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | ur's address | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient address=Theme | | 2 | **sort out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | address | | | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **address** | | ur | | | | | | nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Call him thicker back, he started it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t1:o2:1 # text = Call him thicker back, he started it 1 Call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 thicker thick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 xcomp _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call back** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | thick *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **start** | past | he | it | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Mute him, block, report, tell an adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t1:o3:1 # text = Mute him, block, report, tell an adult 1 Mute mute VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 block block VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 report report VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mute** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 2 | **block** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 3 | **report** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | a adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Keep listening, he'll get bored ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t1:o4:1 # text = Keep listening, he'll get bored 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 listening listen VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **listen** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **get** | future | he | | | | | bored *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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