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Test 6 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers

Mia's brother reckons "capable of more" is a compliment. Right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother · What happens: reckon, be

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 16 «Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers» of the euphemisms 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.

The question

Sentence 1: Mia's brother reckons "capable of more" is a compliment.

nmod:posscasensubjpunctxcompcaseamodpunctcopdetoblpunctrootMiaPROPN'sPARTbrotherNOUNreckonsVERB"PUNCTcapableADJofADPmoreADJ"PUNCTisAUXaDETcomplimentNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MiaMiaPROPNNumber=Sing3 brothernmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Miacase
3brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing4 reckonsnsubj
4reckonsreckonVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5""PUNCT_6 capablepunct
6capablecapableADJDegree=Pos4 reckonsxcomp
7ofofADP_12 complimentcase
8moremoreADJDegree=Cmp12 complimentamod
9""PUNCT_8 morepunct
10isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 complimentcop
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art12 complimentdet
12complimentcomplimentNOUNNumber=Sing6 capableobl
13..PUNCT_4 reckonspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reckonpresentMia's brothercapable propertyvn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2ispresentof a more complimenttree rules

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.

Sentence 2: Right?

punctrootRightINTJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RightrightINTJ_rootroot
2??PUNCT_1 Rightpunct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it means she is underachieving

discoursepunctnsubjnsubjauxccomprootNoINTJ,PUNCTitPRONmeansVERBshePRONisAUXunderachievingVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg4 meansdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 meansnsubj
4meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 underachievingnsubj
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 underachievingaux
7underachievingunderachieveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part4 meansccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentitvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2underachievepresent · progressiveshetree rules

Option 2

No, it means she is ill

discoursepunctnsubjnsubjcopccomprootNoINTJ,PUNCTitPRONmeansVERBshePRONisAUXillADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg4 meansdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 meansnsubj
4meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 illnsubj
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 illcop
7illillADJDegree=Pos4 meansccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentitvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2ispresentsheill propertytree rules

Option 3

Yes, it means she is the strongest

discoursepunctnsubjnsubjcopdetccomprootYesINTJ,PUNCTitPRONmeansVERBshePRONisAUXtheDETstrongestADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos4 meansdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 meansnsubj
4meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 strongestnsubj
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 strongestcop
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 strongestdet
8strongeststrongADJDegree=Sup4 meansccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentitvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2ispresentshestrong propertytree rules

Option 4

Yes, it means she can do everything

discoursepunctnsubjnsubjauxccompobjrootYesINTJ,PUNCTitPRONmeansVERBshePRONcanAUXdoVERBeverythingPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos4 meansdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 meansnsubj
4meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 donsubj
6cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin7 doaux
7dodoVERBVerbForm=Inf4 meansccomp
8everythingeverythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot7 doobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentitvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2docansheeverythingvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality

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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