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title: Your teenage sister says "a thumbs up from you is giving 'whatever',… — Texting, abbreviations and emoji · tree and pragmatics
description: Your teenage sister says "a thumbs up from you is giving 'whatever', it's lowkey rude." ("It's giving" means it seems like; "lowkey" means a bit.) What's the wise move? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 30 «Texting, abbreviations and emoji» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 6 · ★ · Texting, abbreviations and emoji

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Your teenage sister says "a thumbs up from you is giving 'whatever', it's lowkey rude." ("It's giving" means it seems like; "lowkey" means a bit.) What's the wise move?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teenage sister, thumbs, it, giving, lowkey, wise move · **What happens:** say, give, be, mean, seem · **To what, where:** whatever, bit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your teenage sister says "a thumbs up from you is giving 'whatever', it's lowkey rude."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji:t6:1
# text = Your teenage sister says "a thumbs up from you is giving 'whatever', it's lowkey rude."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teenage	teenage	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	thumbs	thumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
8	up	up	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
13	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	',	',	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your teenage sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | a thumbs from you |  | whatever |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* ("It's giving" means it seems like; "lowkey" means a bit.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji:t6:2
# text = ("It's giving" means it seems like; "lowkey" means a bit.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | present | giving |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **seem** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **mean** | present | lowkey | a bit |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the wise move?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji:t6:3
# text = What's the wise move?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the wise move |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only use capitals from now on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji:t6:o1:1
# text = Only use capitals from now on
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	capitals	capital	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | capitals |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capital=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tell her emoji have one fixed meaning, written down in a big official rule book

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji:t6:o2:1
# text = Tell her emoji have one fixed meaning, written down in a big official rule book
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	emoji	emoji	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
13	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
14	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | present | emoji | one fixed meaning |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient |
| 3 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **write down** | participle |  | one fixed meaning *not said here* |  | a big official rule book |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in book=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Never text her again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji:t6:o3:1
# text = Never text her again
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	text	text	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **text** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  | again |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Remember some people read 👍 as cold, and add a word if needed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:30-texting-abbreviations-and-emoji:t6:o4:1
# text = Remember some people read 👍 as cold, and add a word if needed
1	Remember	remember	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	read	read	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	👍	👍	SYM	SYM	_	4	ccomp	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **read** | present | some people |  |  |  |  | as cold | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as cold=Attribute |
| 3 | **add** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  | a word |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient |
| 4 | **need** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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