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Test 8 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness

The neighbour says her husband "marches to the beat of a different drum". Is she complaining about his music?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: neighbour, husband · What happens: say, march, complain · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 36 «Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness» 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: The neighbour says her husband "marches to the beat of a different drum".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 neighbour	det
2	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 husband	nmod:poss
5	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 marches	nsubj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 marches	punct
7	marches	march	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 beat	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 beat	det
10	beat	beat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 marches	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 drum	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 drum	det
13	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 drum	amod
14	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 beat	nmod
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 drum	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the neighbour						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	march in a quote	present	neighbour's husband					to the beat of a different drum result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to beat=Result

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: Is she complaining about his music?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 complaining	aux
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 complaining	nsubj
3	complaining	complain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 music	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 music	nmod:poss
6	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 complaining	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 complaining	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complain speech: other	present · progressive	neighbour					about husband's music	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about music=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, she means he walks very slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 walks	nsubj
6	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 slowly	advmod
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	6 walks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	she						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	walk	present	he					slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, he plays the drums too loudly late at night in the shed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 plays	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 plays	nsubj
4	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 drums	det
6	drums	drum	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 plays	obj
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 loudly	advmod
8	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	4 plays	advmod
9	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 plays	advmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 night	case
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plays	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 shed	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 shed	det
14	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present	he	the drums		the shed	night	late, loudly property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drum=Theme

Option 3

Yes, he joined a marching band

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 joined	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 joined	nsubj
4	joined	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 band	det
6	marching	marching	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 band	compound
7	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 joined	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	past	he	a marching band					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent band=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, she means he does things his own unusual way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 does	nsubj
6	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 does	obj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 way	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 way	amod
10	unusual	unusual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 way	amod
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 does	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	she						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	present	he	things				his own unusual way obl:unmarked	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality

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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