---
title: Your gran texts "So sorry about Goldie LOL" after your goldfish died… — Texting, abbreviations and emoji · tree and pragmatics
description: Your gran texts "So sorry about Goldie LOL" after your goldfish died. What has she probably mixed up? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 30 «Texting, abbreviations and emoji» 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 
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji/t2/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Texting, abbreviations and emoji](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji/) / t2

# Test 2 · ★ · Texting, abbreviations and emoji

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Your gran texts "So sorry about Goldie LOL" after your goldfish died. What has she probably mixed up?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gran, goldfish · **What happens:** text, die, have, mix up

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 30 «Texting, abbreviations and emoji» 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/30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji/#t2).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Your gran texts "So sorry about Goldie LOL" after your goldfish died.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji:t2:1
# text = Your gran texts "So sorry about Goldie LOL" after your goldfish died.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	texts	text	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	Goldie	Goldie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	LOL	LOL	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
11	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **text** | present | Your gran |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **die** | past | your goldfish |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* What has she probably mixed up?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji:t2:2
# text = What has she probably mixed up?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	mixed	mix	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mix up** | past | goldfish |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She thinks your goldfish was a joke and is laughing at you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji:t2:o1:1
# text = She thinks your goldfish was a joke and is laughing at you
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | your goldfish | a joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **laugh** | present · progressive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at you | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She thinks LOL means "lots of love"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji:t2:o2:1
# text = She thinks LOL means "lots of love"
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	LOL	LOL	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | LOL | lots of love |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She can't read texts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji:t2:o3:1
# text = She can't read texts
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	texts	text	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **read** | can | She | texts |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent text=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She is laughing at you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji:t2:o4:1
# text = She is laughing at you
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present · progressive | She |  |  |  |  | at you | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Texting, abbreviations and emoji, test 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji/t1/)
- next →: [Texting, abbreviations and emoji, test 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji/t3/)
- ↑ back to [Texting, abbreviations and emoji](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji/)

