Test 3 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy

"my uncle's an actor, says he's 'resting' lol" — what does this mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: uncle, he, this · What happens: be, say, rest, mean · To what, where: actor · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 21 «Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 uncle	nmod:poss
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 actor	cop
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 actor	det
6	actor	actor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 uncle	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 uncle	punct
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 resting	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 resting	aux
11	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 resting	punct
12	resting	rest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 says	ccomp
13	'	'	PUNCT	_	14 lol	punct
14	lol	lol	INTJ	_	12 resting	discourse
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 resting	punct
16	—	-	PUNCT	_	20 mean	punct
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 mean	obj
18	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 mean	aux
19	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 mean	nsubj
20	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 says	ccomp
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	my uncle and a actor not said here	a actor	tree rules
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my uncle and a actor		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	rest in a quote	present · progressive	he		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	mean	present · do-support	this		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He is too tired to act

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tired	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tired	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 tired	advmod
4	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 act	mark
6	act	act	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tired	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					tired property	tree rules
2	act	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He is on a beach holiday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 holiday	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 holiday	cop
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 holiday	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 holiday	det
5	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 holiday	compound
6	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			a beach holiday			tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He has no acting work right now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 work	det
4	acting	acting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 work	compound
5	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
6	right	right	ADV	_	7 now	advmod
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 has	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	He	no acting work			now		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Patient

Option 4

He is sleeping during the day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sleeping	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sleeping	aux
3	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	during	during	ADP	_	6 day	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sleeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present · progressive	He				day		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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