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title: Theo's mate goes, "lowkey you should've just minded your business."… — The fight I lost and the bullying I ca… · tree and pragmatics
description: Theo's mate goes, "lowkey you should've just minded your business." ("Lowkey" means a bit, kind of.) What's the truer answer? Test 10 of lesson 18 «The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 10 · The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape

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Theo's mate goes, "lowkey you should've just minded your business." ("Lowkey" means a bit, kind of.) What's the truer answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, you, Lowkey, truer answer · **What happens:** go, mind, mean, be · **To what, where:** lowkey, business, bit

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This is test 10 of lesson 18 «The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape» of the reflection 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/reflection/18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Theo's mate goes, "lowkey you should've just minded your business."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape:t10:1
# text = Theo's mate goes, "lowkey you should've just minded your business."
1	Theo	Theo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
9	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	've	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	minded	mind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	acl:relcl	_	_
13	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Theo's mate | lowkey |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **mind** *in a quote* | should · perfect | you | your business |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Theme |

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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:* ("Lowkey" means a bit, kind of.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape:t10:2
# text = ("Lowkey" means a bit, kind of.)
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	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the truer answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape:t10:3
# text = What's the truer answer?
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	truer	true	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	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 truer answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He should fight the bullies to prove he's right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape:t10:o1:1
# text = He should fight the bullies to prove he's right
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bullies	bully	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | should | He | the bullies |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bully=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **prove** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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

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Standing up was brave; now he should tell a teacher too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape:t10:o2:1
# text = Standing up was brave; now he should tell a teacher too
1	Standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	csubj	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | Standing |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | should | he |  | a teacher |  | now |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He should join the bullies to stay safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape:t10:o3:1
# text = He should join the bullies to stay safe
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bullies	bully	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | should | He | the bullies |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bully=Patient |
| 2 | **stay** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes; never help anyone who is being bullied, it's none of your business

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:18-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes; never help anyone who is being bullied, it's none of your business
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	bullied	bully	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	4	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **help** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | anyone |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **bully** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **is a** | present | it | none |  |  |  | of your business | tree rules |

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