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title: «I blocked my best mate cos he laughed at my score». Good use of blo… — Blocking, muting and walking away · tree and pragmatics
description: «I blocked my best mate cos he laughed at my score». Good use of blocking? Test 9 of lesson 481 «Blocking, muting and walking away» 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 9 · Blocking, muting and walking away

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«I blocked my best mate cos he laughed at my score». Good use of blocking?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, he, my, Good use · **What happens:** block, laugh, score · **To what, where:** best mate, score

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This is test 9 of lesson 481 «Blocking, muting and walking away» 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/481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «I blocked my best mate cos he laughed at my score».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away:t9:1
# text = «I blocked my best mate cos he laughed at my score».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	blocked	block	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	score	score	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** *in a quote* | past | I | my best mate |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer mate=Theme |
| 2 | **laugh** *in a quote* | past | he |  |  | my score |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **score** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom score «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Good use of blocking?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away:t9:2
# text = Good use of blocking?
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	blocking	block	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | gerund | Good use |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, you should report him to the game as well for laughing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away:t9:o1:1
# text = No, you should report him to the game as well for laughing
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	report	report	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	5	advmod	_	_
11	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	fixed	_	_
12	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | should | you | him *= he* | the game |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Topic to game=Recipient |
| 2 | **laugh** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, block people who keep hurting you, not friends in a temper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away:t9:o2:1
# text = No, block people who keep hurting you, not friends in a temper
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	block	block	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	hurting	hurt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	temper	temper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | imperative | you *not said here* | people |  | a temper |  | friends *obl* | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent people=Patient in temper=Location |
| 2 | **keep** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hurt** | gerund | people *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, and never unblock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away:t9:o3:1
# text = Yes, and never unblock
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	unblock	unblock	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **unblock** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, block anyone at all who laughs at you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away:t9:o4:1
# text = Yes, block anyone at all who laughs at you
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	block	block	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | imperative | you *not said here* | anyone |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer anyone=Theme |
| 2 | **laugh** | present | all |  |  |  |  | at you | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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