--- title: Noah lost again: «FISHCAKES!» What is he doing? — Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes» · tree and pragmatics description: Noah lost again: «FISHCAKES!» What is he doing? Test 8 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. --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes» Noah lost again: «FISHCAKES!» What is he doing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Noah · **What happens:** lose, do · **To what, where:** FISHCAKES This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Noah lost again: «FISHCAKES!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t8:1 # text = Noah lost again: «FISHCAKES!» 1 Noah Noah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 FISHCAKES fishcake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | Noah | FISHCAKES | | | again | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «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. *Sentence 2:* What is he doing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t8:2 # text = What is he doing? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · progressive | Noah | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Ordering dinner on voice chat ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t8:o1:1 # text = Ordering dinner on voice chat 1 Ordering order VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 chat chat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | gerund | | dinner | | voice chat | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Swearing at his teammates in a secret way ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t8:o2:1 # text = Swearing at his teammates in a secret way 1 Swearing swear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 teammates teammate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** | gerund | | | | his teammates | | in a secret way | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Giving his team a secret signal to retreat ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t8:o3:1 # text = Giving his team a secret signal to retreat 1 Giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 team team NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 signal signal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 retreat retreat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | gerund | | his team | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Theme | | 2 | **retreat** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Letting anger out with a harmless silly word ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:406-toxic-players-and-swearing:t8:o4:1 # text = Letting anger out with a harmless silly word 1 Letting let VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 harmless harmless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let out** | gerund | | anger | | | | with a harmless silly word | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Theme | **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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