--- title: What would happen if no new slang were ever made? — Slang and how it changes with every ge… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if no new slang were ever made? Test 3 of lesson 17 «Slang and how it changes with every generation» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/t3/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Slang and how it changes with every ge…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/) / t3 # Test 3 · Slang and how it changes with every generation What would happen if no new slang were ever made? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, make · **To what, where:** new slang This is test 3 of lesson 17 «Slang and how it changes with every generation» 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/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation:t3:1 # text = What would happen if no new slang were ever made? 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 _ 10 mark _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 slang slang NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 9 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 10 advmod _ _ 10 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | no new slang | | | ever | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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} Language would change more slowly and lose one of its playful sides ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation:t3:o1:1 # text = Language would change more slowly and lose one of its playful sides 1 Language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 playful playful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Language | | | | | slowly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **lose** | infinitive | Language *not said here* | one of Language's playful sides | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing at all, because slang has never changed English ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation:t3:o2:1 # text = Nothing at all, because slang has never changed English 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 , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 slang slang NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 10 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **change** | present · perfect · passive | | slang | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} All the old slang would become illegal ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation:t3:o3:1 # text = All the old slang would become illegal 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 slang slang NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 illegal illegal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | all old slang | | | | | illegal *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Everyone would forget how to talk within a year ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation:t3:o4:1 # text = Everyone would forget how to talk within a year 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 7 within within ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | would | Everyone | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **talk** | to-infinitive | | | | | year | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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