Test 3 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and…
Ad: "Lovely rabbit, free to a good home, ASAP." ("ASAP" means as soon as possible.) What does "ASAP" tell you about the owner?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ASAP · What happens: mean, tell · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 18 «Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and poverty» 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: Ad: "Lovely rabbit, free to a good home, ASAP."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ad | ad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 rabbit | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 rabbit | punct |
| 4 | Lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 rabbit | amod |
| 5 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ad | appos |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 free | punct |
| 7 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 rabbit | amod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 home | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 home | det |
| 10 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 home | amod |
| 11 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 free | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 ASAP | punct |
| 13 | ASAP | ASAP | ADV | Abbr=Yes | 7 free | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 rabbit | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 rabbit | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: ("ASAP" means as soon as possible.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 ASAP | punct |
| 3 | ASAP | asap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 ASAP | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADV | _ | 7 soon | advmod |
| 7 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 means | advmod |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 possible | mark |
| 9 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 soon | advcl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 11 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | ASAP | soon property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: What does "ASAP" tell you about the owner?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 tell | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 tell | aux |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 ASAP | punct |
| 4 | ASAP | ASAP | ADV | Abbr=Yes | 6 tell | advmod |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 ASAP | punct |
| 6 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 tell | iobj |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 owner | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 owner | det |
| 10 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tell | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · do-support | you | about the owner; asap property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
They want to get rid of it quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 want | nsubj |
| 2 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 get | mark |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 want | xcomp |
| 5 | rid | rid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | xcomp |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 rid | obl |
| 8 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 4 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | They | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | They not said here | quickly, rid property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
They are giving away their house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 giving | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 giving | aux |
| 3 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 giving | advmod |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 house | nmod:poss |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 giving | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give away | present · progressive | They | their house | away property | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent house=Theme |
Option 3
They will charge a lot later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 charge | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 charge | aux |
| 3 | charge | charge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 lot | det |
| 5 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 charge | obj |
| 6 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 charge | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | charge | future | They | a lot | late property | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location lot=Theme |
Option 4
They will keep it for ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 keep | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 keep | aux |
| 3 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 keep | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 ever | case |
| 6 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | future | They | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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