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title: A Leeds lad says: "audience were well mardy, booed her proper" (mard… — Debates and rows on chat shows · tree and pragmatics
description: A Leeds lad says: "audience were well mardy, booed her proper" (mardy = grumpy). Does the booing show her answer was wrong? Test 3 of lesson 11 «Debates and rows on chat shows» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 3 · Debates and rows on chat shows

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A Leeds lad says: "audience were well mardy, booed her proper" (mardy = grumpy). Does the booing show her answer was wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leeds lad, audience, booing show, lad · **What happens:** say, be, boo, answer · **To what, where:** proper · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 11 «Debates and rows on chat shows» of the politics 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/politics/11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Leeds lad says: "audience were well mardy, booed her proper" (mardy = grumpy).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:t3:1
# text = A Leeds lad says: "audience were well mardy, booed her proper" (mardy = grumpy).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	audience	audience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	mardy	mardy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	booed	boo	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
16	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	mardy	mardy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
18	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	19	case	_	_
19	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Leeds lad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | audience |  |  |  |  | mardy, well *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **boo** *in a quote* | past | audience *not said here* | lad's proper |  |  |  |  | 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:* Does the booing show her answer was wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:t3:2
# text = Does the booing show her answer was wrong?
1	Does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	booing	boo	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boo** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present · do-support | the booing show |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **answer** |  | lad |  |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, booing proves an answer is false

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, booing proves an answer is false
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	booing	booing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | booing |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | a answer |  |  |  |  | false *property* | tree rules |

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

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No, it shows what the room felt, not whether the answer was true

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:t3:o2:1
# text = No, it shows what the room felt, not whether the answer was true
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
11	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **feel** | past | the room |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **is** | past | the answer |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, the audience checks every fact on their phones before they decide to boo

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, the audience checks every fact on their phones before they decide to boo
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	audience	audience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	checks	check	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	decide	decide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	boo	boo	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present | the audience | every fact |  | their phones |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme |
| 2 | **decide** | present | phones *= phone* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **boo** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | phones *= phone* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, booing means she won

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:t3:o4:1
# text = No, booing means she won
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	booing	booing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | booing |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **win** | past | booing |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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