--- title: What would happen if you sent 💀 to someone who only knows the old me… — Texting, abbreviations and emoji · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you sent 💀 to someone who only knows the old meaning? Test 3 · ★ 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 was wrong. --- [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/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/) / [Texting, abbreviations and emoji](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Texting, abbreviations and emoji What would happen if you sent 💀 to someone who only knows the old meaning? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, send, know · **To what, where:** someone, old meaning This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji:t3:1 # text = What would happen if you sent 💀 to someone who only knows the old meaning? 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 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 💀 💀 SYM SYM _ 6 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obl _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 only only ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? 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 | **send** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | | someone | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent 💀=Theme to someone=Destination | | 3 | **know** | present | | the old meaning | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer meaning=Stimulus | 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 {#o1} They'd always laugh, because 💀 is funny to everybody ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji:t3:o1:1 # text = They'd always laugh, because 💀 is funny to everybody 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 💀 💀 NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | would | They | | | | | always *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | 💀 | | | | | to everybody; funny *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Their phone would crash ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji:t3:o2:1 # text = Their phone would crash 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 crash crash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crash** | would | Their phone | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Nothing, everyone reads it the same ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji:t3:o3:1 # text = Nothing, everyone reads it the same 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reads read VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | present | Nothing | it | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient same=Topic | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They might think something terrible happened ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji:t3:o4:1 # text = They might think something terrible happened 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 nsubj _ _ 5 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 6 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | might | They | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **happen** | past | something | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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