--- title: «they're well bare annoying, them St Mary's lot». («bare» is London… — Rival teams and the older bully · tree and pragmatics description: «they're well bare annoying, them St Mary's lot». («bare» is London slang for very.) Is shouting fine but throwing things not? 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Is shouting fine but throwing things not? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they, bare · **What happens:** be, shout, not throw · **To what, where:** London slang, things This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 472 «Rival teams and the older bully» 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/472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «they're well bare annoying, them St Mary's lot». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully:t5:1 # text = «they're well bare annoying, them St Mary's lot». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 5 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 annoying annoying ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 conj _ _ 9 St St PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 Mary Mary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | they | | | | | annoying, well *property* | tree rules | 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:* («bare» is London slang for very.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully:t5:2 # text = («bare» is London slang for very.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 slang slang NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | bare | London slang | | | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* Is shouting fine but throwing things not? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully:t5:3 # text = Is shouting fine but throwing things not? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 aux _ _ 2 shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 6 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present · progressive | | | | | | fine *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **throw** | gerund | | things | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} No, throwing is fine if it's plastic ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully:t5:o1:1 # text = No, throwing is fine if it's plastic 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 throwing throwing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 plastic plastic NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | throwing | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | throwing | plastic | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, but only bottles are a problem ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully:t5:o2:1 # text = Yes, but only bottles are a problem 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 bottles bottle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | bottles | a problem | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, shouting is far worse than throwing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully:t5:o3:1 # text = No, shouting is far worse than throwing 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 shouting shouting NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 7 than than SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | shouting | | | | | bad, far *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **throw** | gerund | shouting *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yes, throwing things can really hurt someone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully:t5:o4:1 # text = Yes, throwing things can really hurt someone 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 throwing throw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 csubj _ _ 4 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | gerund | | things | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 2 | **hurt** | can | throwing | someone | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Patient | **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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