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title: "Nah, I'm not nesh, I can watch the war news" says a lad from Sheffi… — Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings a… · tree and pragmatics
description: "Nah, I'm not nesh, I can watch the war news" says a lad from Sheffield (nesh = a bit soft). Afterwards he feels awful. What is OK? Test 9 of lesson 14 «Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 9 · Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics

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"Nah, I'm not nesh, I can watch the war news" says a lad from Sheffield (nesh = a bit soft). Afterwards he feels awful. What is OK?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lad · **What happens:** not be, watch, say, feel, be · **To what, where:** war news · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 of lesson 14 «Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics» 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/14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Nah, I'm not nesh, I can watch the war news" says a lad from Sheffield (nesh = a bit soft).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics:t9:1
# text = "Nah, I'm not nesh, I can watch the war news" says a lad from Sheffield (nesh = a bit soft).
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	nesh	nesh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
16	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Sheffield	Sheffield	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
21	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	nesh	nesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	_
23	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	26	punct	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl:unmarked	_	_
26	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | a lad *= lad* |  |  |  |  | nesh *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **watch** *in a quote* | can | a lad *= lad* | the war news |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a lad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Afterwards he feels awful.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics:t9:2
# text = Afterwards he feels awful.
1	Afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	awful	awful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | lad |  |  |  |  | afterwards, awful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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*Sentence 3:* What is OK?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics:t9:3
# text = What is OK?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	OK	ok	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | ok *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Watching even more war news to toughen himself up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics:t9:o1:1
# text = Watching even more war news to toughen himself up
1	Watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	even	even	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
4	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	toughen	toughen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	obj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | gerund |  | more war news |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme |
| 2 | **toughen up** | to-infinitive |  | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Taking a news break and talking to a grown-up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics:t9:o2:1
# text = Taking a news break and talking to a grown-up
1	Taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	grown	grown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | gerund |  | a news break |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent break=Theme |
| 2 | **talk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to a grown up | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to up=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Never telling anyone how awful he feels about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics:t9:o3:1
# text = Never telling anyone how awful he feels about it
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	awful	awful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  | anyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient |
| 2 | **feel** | present | he |  |  |  |  | about it | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent about it=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pretending to be fine forever, because boys don't cry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics:t9:o4:1
# text = Pretending to be fine forever, because boys don't cry
1	Pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | fine, forever *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **cry** *speech: express* | present · do-support | boys |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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