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title: What would happen if you wrote a job letter full of text speak like… — Formal and informal: a mate versus the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if you wrote a job letter full of text speak like "u" and "thx"? Test 3 of lesson 16 «Formal and informal: a mate versus the head teacher» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Test 3 · Formal and informal: a mate versus the head teacher

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What would happen if you wrote a job letter full of text speak like "u" and "thx"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, write · **To what, where:** job letter

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This is test 3 of lesson 16 «Formal and informal: a mate versus the head teacher» of the language 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/language/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher:t3:1
# text = What would happen if you wrote a job letter full of text speak like "u" and "thx"?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	speak	speak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	u	u	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	thx	thanks	NOUN	NN	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **write** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | a job letter |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

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

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It might look careless, so they may not take you seriously

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher:t3:o1:1
# text = It might look careless, so they may not take you seriously
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	careless	careless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | might | It |  |  |  |  | careless *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **take** | may | they |  | you |  |  | seriously *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The letter would be sent back because computers can't read it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher:t3:o2:1
# text = The letter would be sent back because computers can't read it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	computers	computer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send back** | would · passive |  | the letter |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **read** | can | computers | letter |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing at all, every company prefers text speak these days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher:t3:o3:1
# text = Nothing at all, every company prefers text speak these days
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	prefers	prefer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prefer** | present | every company | text |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | infinitive | every company *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They would offer you the job straight away for being modern

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher:t3:o4:1
# text = They would offer you the job straight away for being modern
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	offer	offer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	cop	_	_
11	modern	modern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | would | They | the job | you |  |  | away *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent you=Goal job=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | modern *property* | tree rules |

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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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