--- title: Your mate goes "people always mean what they say, bruv, words are wo… — Sarcasm and tone of voice · tree and pragmatics description: Your mate goes "people always mean what they say, bruv, words are words." What's true? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Sarcasm and tone of voice» 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/29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice/t1/) [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/) / [Sarcasm and tone of voice](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★ · Sarcasm and tone of voice Your mate goes "people always mean what they say, bruv, words are words." What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, people, words · **What happens:** go, mean, say, be · **To what, where:** bruv, words · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Sarcasm and tone of voice» 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/29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your mate goes "people always mean what they say, bruv, words are words." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:t1:1 # text = Your mate goes "people always mean what they say, bruv, words are words." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | Your mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | people | | | | | always *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | people | bruv | | | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme bruv=Manner | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | words | words | | | | | 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:* What's true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:t1:2 # text = What's true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Sometimes the situation and tone show the opposite meaning ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:t1:o1:1 # text = Sometimes the situation and tone show the opposite meaning 1 Sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 situation situation NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 tone tone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 show show VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | the situation and tone | the opposite meaning | | | | sometimes *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent meaning=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He's right, words always mean exactly what they say, whatever the voice sounds like ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:t1:o2:1 # text = He's right, words always mean exactly what they say, whatever the voice sounds like 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 obj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 17 like like ADP IN _ 16 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | present | words | | | | | always *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | words *= word* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 4 | **sound** | present | the voice | whatever | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location whatever=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only in films do people use sarcasm ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:t1:o3:1 # text = Only in films do people use sarcasm 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 films film NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 sarcasm sarcasm NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present · do-support | films | sarcasm | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sarcasm=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only adults mean what they say ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice:t1:o4:1 # text = Only adults mean what they say 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | adults | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | adults *= adult* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | **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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