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title: «he beat me, typing him a proper essay of insults rn» — wise move? — Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes» · tree and pragmatics
description: «he beat me, typing him a proper essay of insults rn» — wise move? Test 3 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.
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# Test 3 · Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes»

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«he beat me, typing him a proper essay of insults rn» — wise move?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** beat, type, essay · **To what, where:** me, him, insults · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t3:1
# text = «he beat me, typing him a proper essay of insults rn» — wise move?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	beat	beat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	typing	type	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	csubj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	essay	essay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	insults	insult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	rn	rn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** *in a quote* | past | he | me |  |  |  | wise move *obl* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent i=Patient rn=Result |
| 2 | **type** *in a quote* | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **essay** *in a quote* |  |  | insults |  |  |  |  | nom essay «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Add a threat at the end to scare him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t3:o1:1
# text = Add a threat at the end to scare him
1	Add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	threat	threat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	scare	scare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | a threat |  |  | at the end |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent threat=Patient |
| 2 | **scare** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Send it to his mates too so they know

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t3:o2:1
# text = Send it to his mates too so they know
1	Send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | his mates |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to mate=Destination |
| 2 | **know** | present | mates *= mate* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Send it, he deserves every word of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t3:o3:1
# text = Send it, he deserves every word of it
1	Send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	deserves	deserve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **deserve** | present | he | every word of word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **word** |  |  | word |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Read it back, delete it, send gg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t3:o4:1
# text = Read it back, delete it, send gg
1	Read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	delete	delete	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	gg	gg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read back** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **delete** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **send** | infinitive | you *not said here* | gg |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gg=Theme |

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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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