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title: «this squad bloke screams every time we die, it's doing my head in».… — Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes» · tree and pragmatics
description: «this squad bloke screams every time we die, it's doing my head in». Best plan? Test 5 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes»

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«this squad bloke screams every time we die, it's doing my head in». Best plan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** squad bloke, we, bloke · **What happens:** scream, die, do in · **To what, where:** time, head

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «this squad bloke screams every time we die, it's doing my head in».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t5:1
# text = «this squad bloke screams every time we die, it's doing my head in».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
3	squad	squad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	screams	scream	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
14	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* *in a quote* | present | this squad bloke |  |  |  | time |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **die** *in a quote* | present | we | every time *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do in** *in a quote* | present · progressive | bloke | my head |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality |

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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:* Best plan?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t5:2
# text = Best plan?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Leave the lobby, play with your real mates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t5:o1:1
# text = Leave the lobby, play with your real mates
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lobby	lobby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | the lobby |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lobby=Theme |
| 2 | **play** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with your real mates | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with mate=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Scream louder so he stops screaming first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t5:o2:1
# text = Scream louder so he stops screaming first
1	Scream	scream	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	screaming	scream	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stop** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mute your own mic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t5:o3:1
# text = Mute your own mic
1	Mute	mute	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	mic	mic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mute** | imperative | you *not said here* | your own mic |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mic=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Stay, it's rude to leave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t5:o4:1
# text = Stay, it's rude to leave
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **leave** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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