Test 12 · Soft words for hard things: religion and fate and failure…
"If, heaven forbid, the dog got out, would ya know what to do?" What does "heaven forbid" show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: heaven, dog, ya · What happens: forbid, get out, know, do · To what, where: show · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 of lesson 32 «Soft words for hard things: religion and fate and failure and mistakes» 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: "If, heaven forbid, the dog got out, would ya know what to do?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 forbid | punct |
| 2 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 forbid | mark |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 heaven | punct |
| 4 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 forbid | nsubj |
| 5 | forbid | forbid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 got | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dog | det |
| 8 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 got | nsubj |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 forbid | conj |
| 10 | out | out | ADV | _ | 9 got | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 know | punct |
| 12 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 know | aux |
| 13 | ya | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 know | nsubj |
| 14 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 forbid | conj |
| 15 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 17 do | obj |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 do | mark |
| 17 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 know | ccomp |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 forbid | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 forbid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forbid in a quote | infinitive | heaven | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer | |||||
| 2 | get out in a quote | past | the dog | out property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | know in a quote | would | ya | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | do in a quote | to-infinitive | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
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: What does "heaven forbid" show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 forbid | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 forbid | aux |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 forbid | punct |
| 4 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 forbid | nsubj |
| 5 | forbid | forbid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 show | punct |
| 7 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 forbid | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 forbid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forbid in a quote | present · do-support | heaven | show | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The speaker hopes the dog never gets out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 speaker | det |
| 2 | speaker | speaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hopes | nsubj |
| 3 | hopes | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dog | det |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hopes | obj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 gets | advmod |
| 7 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hopes | advcl |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 gets | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hope | present | the speaker | the dog | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not get out | present | the speaker not said here | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The speaker is sure the dog will get out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 speaker | det |
| 2 | speaker | speaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sure | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sure | cop |
| 4 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dog | det |
| 6 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 get | nsubj |
| 7 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 get | aux |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 sure | ccomp |
| 9 | out | out | ADV | _ | 8 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the speaker | sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get out | future | the dog | out property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
The speaker wants the dog to get out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 speaker | det |
| 2 | speaker | speaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dog | det |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 8 | out | out | ADV | _ | 7 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | the speaker | the dog | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get out not said to happen | to-infinitive | the dog not said here | out property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Dogs are not allowed in heaven
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 heaven | case |
| 6 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 allowed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | Dogs | heaven | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
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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