--- title: A Gen Z cousin says "ngl 'ate' is ruined now, it doesn't mean food a… — Verbs: doing words and being words · tree and pragmatics description: A Gen Z cousin says "ngl 'ate' is ruined now, it doesn't mean food anymore." ("Ngl" means not gonna lie.) What's true? 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What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Z cousin, ngl · **What happens:** say, ruin, not mean, lie, be · **To what, where:** ngl, food · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 of lesson 3 «Verbs: doing words and being words» 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/3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A Gen Z cousin says "ngl 'ate' is ruined now, it doesn't mean food anymore." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t3:1 # text = A Gen Z cousin says "ngl 'ate' is ruined now, it doesn't mean food anymore." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Gen gen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Z z NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ngl ngl NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ate ate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 ruined ruin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 13 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 17 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 19 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 anymore anymore ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Z cousin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **ruin** *in a quote* | present · passive | | ngl | | | now | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **not** **mean** *in a quote* | present · do-support | ngl | food | | | | anymore *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic | 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:* ("Ngl" means not gonna lie.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t3:2 # text = ("Ngl" means not gonna lie.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Ngl Ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 7 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 8 dep _ _ 8 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **mean** | present | Ngl | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **lie** *not said to happen* | infinitive | Ngl *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* What's true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t3:3 # 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} "Ate" was never a verb ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t3:o1:1 # text = "Ate" was never a verb 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ate ate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 verb verb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | past | Ate | a verb | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He's right, the word eat has lost its old meaning completely ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t3:o2:1 # text = He's right, the word eat has lost its old meaning completely 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 , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 8 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 completely completely ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** | present | the word *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lose** | present · perfect · passive | | the word | | | | completely *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **mean** | | word | | | | | | nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The old meaning stays and the slang meaning is added ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t3:o3:1 # text = The old meaning stays and the slang meaning is added 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 slang slang NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | present | the old meaning | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | the slang meaning | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The slang meaning was there first ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t3:o4:1 # text = The slang meaning was there first 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 slang slang NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the slang meaning | | | | | first, there *property* | tree rules | **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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