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title: «if ur parent shouts it means they hate u». True? — Shouty parents and bad days · tree and pragmatics
description: «if ur parent shouts it means they hate u». True? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 494 «Shouty parents and bad days» 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 1 · ★★ · Shouty parents and bad days

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«if ur parent shouts it means they hate u». True?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parent, it, they · **What happens:** shout, mean, hate · **To what, where:** u · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 494 «Shouty parents and bad days» 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/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «if ur parent shouts it means they hate u».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:t1:1
# text = «if ur parent shouts it means they hate u».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	u	u	X	GW	_	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | ur's parent |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **hate** *in a quote* | present | they | u |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer u=Stimulus |

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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:* True?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:t1:2
# text = True?
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, unless they buy you sweets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, unless they buy you sweets
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	buy	buy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | present | they | sweets | you |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary sweet=Theme |

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

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No, shouting usually comes from stress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:t1:o2:1
# text = No, shouting usually comes from stress
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
4	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	stress	stress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come** | present | shouting |  |  | stress |  | usually *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from stress=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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No, it means they're deaf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:t1:o3:1
# text = No, it means they're deaf
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	deaf	deaf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | deaf *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, shouting always means hate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, shouting always means hate
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	hate	hate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present | shouting | hate |  |  |  | always *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hate=Topic |

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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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