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title: Freddie: "I didn't say no 'cause I didn't HEAR you, bruv. That's not… — The whole class punished, and "you did… · tree and pragmatics
description: Freddie: "I didn't say no 'cause I didn't HEAR you, bruv. That's not a yes, that's me doing fractions." What does "bruv" mean? Test 3 of lesson 168 «The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 3 · The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"

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Freddie: "I didn't say no 'cause I didn't HEAR you, bruv. That's not a yes, that's me doing fractions." What does "bruv" mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, That, bruv · **What happens:** not say, not hear, not be, do, mean · **To what, where:** bruv, you, yes, fractions · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 168 «The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"» of the world 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/world/168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Freddie: "I didn't say no 'cause I didn't HEAR you, bruv.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t3:1
# text = Freddie: "I didn't say no 'cause I didn't HEAR you, bruv.
1	Freddie	Freddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
8	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	_
9	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	HEAR	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past · do-support | I | bruv |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **hear** *in a quote* | past · do-support | I | you |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

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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:* That's not a yes, that's me doing fractions."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t3:2
# text = That's not a yes, that's me doing fractions."
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	yes	yes	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	parataxis	_	_
11	fractions	fraction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | That | a yes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present · progressive | that | fractions |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fraction=Eventuality |

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*Sentence 3:* What does "bruv" mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t3:3
# text = What does "bruv" mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | bruv |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Stranger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t3:o1:1
# text = Stranger
1	Stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Mate, or brother (London slang)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t3:o2:1
# text = Mate, or brother (London slang)
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	slang	slang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Enemy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t3:o3:1
# text = Enemy
1	Enemy	Enemy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:t3:o4:1
# text = Teacher
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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