--- title: A Gen Z teen says "my dad's so random, lowkey." ("Lowkey" means a bi… — Words that changed their meaning · tree and pragmatics description: A Gen Z teen says "my dad's so random, lowkey." ("Lowkey" means a bit.) What does "random" mean here? 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What does "random" mean here? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Z teen, dad, Lowkey, random · **What happens:** say, be, mean · **To what, where:** bit · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 of lesson 38 «Words that changed their meaning» 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/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A Gen Z teen says "my dad's so random, lowkey." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:38-words-that-changed-their-meaning:t5:1 # text = A Gen Z teen says "my dad's so random, lowkey." 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 teen teen 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 `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 random random ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 lowkey lowkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Z teen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my dad | | | | | lowkey *vocative*; random *property* | 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:* ("Lowkey" means a bit.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:38-words-that-changed-their-meaning:t5:2 # text = ("Lowkey" means a bit.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Lowkey Lowkey 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Lowkey | a bit | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Topic | *Sentence 3:* What does "random" mean here? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:38-words-that-changed-their-meaning:t5:3 # text = What does "random" mean here? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 random random ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | random | | | here | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Very old and wise ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:38-words-that-changed-their-meaning:t5:o1:1 # text = Very old and wise 1 Very very ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Always on time ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:38-words-that-changed-their-meaning:t5:o2:1 # text = Always on time 1 Always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Strange and unexpected ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:38-words-that-changed-their-meaning:t5:o3:1 # text = Strange and unexpected 1 Strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 unexpected unexpected ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Chosen by drawing lots ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:38-words-that-changed-their-meaning:t5:o4:1 # text = Chosen by drawing lots 1 Chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 by by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 3 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 4 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | participle | | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **draw** | gerund | | lots | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=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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