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title: Dylan is about to swear back at a stranger online. What would be wis… — Arguing politely and never calling names · tree and pragmatics
description: Dylan is about to swear back at a stranger online. What would be wiser? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 39 «Arguing politely and never calling names» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Arguing politely and never calling names

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Dylan is about to swear back at a stranger online. What would be wiser?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dylan · **What happens:** be, swear back · **To what, where:** stranger

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 39 «Arguing politely and never calling names» 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/39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dylan is about to swear back at a stranger online.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t7:1
# text = Dylan is about to swear back at a stranger online.
1	Dylan	Dylan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	swear	swear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	online	online	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Dylan |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **swear back** | to-infinitive | Dylan *not said here* |  |  | a stranger |  | online *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «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:* What would be wiser?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t7:2
# text = What would be wiser?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	wiser	wise	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Find the stranger's school and post about them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t7:o1:1
# text = Find the stranger's school and post about them
1	Find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | imperative | you *not said here* | the stranger's school and post about school |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Make a fake account to annoy them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t7:o2:1
# text = Make a fake account to annoy them
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	annoy	annoy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | a fake account |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **annoy** | to-infinitive | a fake account *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Swear in every comment they make

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t7:o3:1
# text = Swear in every comment they make
1	Swear	swear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	comment	comment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | every comment |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | present | they | every comment *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset comment=Product |

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

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Leave it, block if needed, and tell a grown-up if it gets nasty

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t7:o4:1
# text = Leave it, block if needed, and tell a grown-up if it gets nasty
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	block	block	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	grown	grown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound	_	_
14	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
17	nasty	nasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **block** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 3 | **need** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | a grown |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient |
| 5 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | grown |  |  |  |  | nasty *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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