Test 9 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police
"Her uncle's been a guest of His Majesty since last spring," laughs a neighbour. Where is the uncle?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: uncle, guest · What happens: be, laugh · To what, where: guest, neighbour
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 27 «Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police» 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: "Her uncle's been a guest of His Majesty since last spring," laughs a neighbour.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 guest | punct |
| 2 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 3 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 guest | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 guest | cop |
| 5 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 guest | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 guest | det |
| 7 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 laughs | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Majesty | case |
| 9 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 Majesty | nmod:poss |
| 10 | Majesty | majesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 guest | nmod |
| 11 | since | since | ADP | _ | 13 spring | case |
| 12 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 spring | amod |
| 13 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 guest | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 guest | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 guest | punct |
| 16 | laughs | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 neighbour | det |
| 18 | neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 laughs | obj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 laughs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Her uncle | a guest | spring | of guest's Majesty | tree rules | ||
| 2 | laugh | present | a guest | a neighbour | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neighbour=Theme |
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: Where is the uncle?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Where | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 uncle | det |
| 4 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Where | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Where | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the uncle | where property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
At sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 sea | case |
| 2 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
In prison
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 prison | case |
| 2 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
At the King's palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 5 palace | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 palace | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 King | case |
| 5 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
In the army
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 army | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 army | det |
| 3 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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