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title: "shut up about the frogs, we want the bloody skate park" — what is t… — Animals · tree and pragmatics
description: "shut up about the frogs, we want the bloody skate park" — what is this speaker ignoring? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 46 «Animals» of the religion ethics 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 9 · ★ · Animals

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"shut up about the frogs, we want the bloody skate park" — what is this speaker ignoring?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, we, speaker · **What happens:** shut up, want, ignore · **To what, where:** bloody skate park

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 46 «Animals» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/46-animals/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:46-animals:t9:1
# text = "shut up about the frogs, we want the bloody skate park" — what is this speaker ignoring?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	shut	shut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	skate	skate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
15	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	obj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
18	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	det	_	_
19	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	ignoring	ignore	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut up** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the frogs | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **want** *in a quote* | present | we | the bloody skate park |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot park=Theme |
| 3 | **ignore** | present · progressive | this speaker |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The rules of skateboarding at the park

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:46-animals:t9:o1:1
# text = The rules of skateboarding at the park
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	skateboarding	skateboarding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** |  | skateboarding at the park |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, because they are just in a bad mood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:46-animals:t9:o2:1
# text = Nothing, because they are just in a bad mood
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	mood	mood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The cost of the skate ramps, the fences and the paint for the new park

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:46-animals:t9:o3:1
# text = The cost of the skate ramps, the fences and the paint for the new park
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	skate	skate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	ramps	ramp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fences	fence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** |  |  | the skate ramps and the fences and the paint for the new park |  |  |  |  | nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The animals' needs and the chance of a fair solution for both

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:46-animals:t9:o4:1
# text = The animals' needs and the chance of a fair solution for both
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	needs	need	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	solution	solution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** |  | the animals |  |  |  |  |  | nom need «state transitive»: poss=agent |
| 2 | **chance** |  | a fair solution for both |  |  |  |  |  | nom chance «state intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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