Test 5 · Soft words for hard things: religion and fate and failure…
Gossip: "Her brother's a man of the cloth now, would you believe." What is her brother's job?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, you, job · What happens: be, believe, job · To what, where: man
This is test 5 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: Gossip: "Her brother's a man of the cloth now, would you believe."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gossip | gossip | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 man | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 man | punct |
| 4 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 brother | nmod:poss |
| 5 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 man | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 man | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 man | det |
| 8 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Gossip | appos |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 cloth | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 cloth | det |
| 11 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 man | nmod |
| 12 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 cloth | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 believe | punct |
| 14 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 believe | aux |
| 15 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 believe | nsubj |
| 16 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 man | parataxis |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 believe | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 believe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Her brother | a man | of the cloth | tree rules | |||
| 2 | believe in a quote | would | you | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
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 is her brother's job?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 brother | nmod:poss |
| 4 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 job | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 brother | case |
| 6 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | her brother's job | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | job | her brother | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He is a priest
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 priest | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 priest | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 priest | det |
| 4 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | a priest | tree rules |
Option 2
He is a fashion model
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 | 5 model | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 model | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 model | det |
| 4 | fashion | fashion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 model | compound |
| 5 | model | model | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | a fashion model | tree rules |
Option 3
He sells carpets
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 sells | nsubj |
| 2 | sells | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | carpets | carpet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sells | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | present | He | carpets | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carpet=Theme |
Option 4
He is a tailor
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 tailor | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tailor | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 tailor | det |
| 4 | tailor | tailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | a tailor | tree rules |
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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