Test 2 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing

"omg sugar sugar SUGAR i've locked the keys in the car" Is she talking about food?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: she · What happens: lock, talk · To what, where: sugar SUGAR, car · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 38 «Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing» 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 locked	punct
2	omg	omg	INTJ	_	5 SUGAR	discourse
3	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sugar	compound
4	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 SUGAR	compound
5	SUGAR	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 locked	nsubj:pass
6	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 locked	nsubj
7	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 locked	aux
8	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 talking	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 keys	det
10	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 locked	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 car	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 car	det
13	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 locked	obl
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 locked	punct
15	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 talking	aux
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 talking	nsubj
17	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
18	about	about	ADP	_	19 food	case
19	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 talking	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 talking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock in a quote	present · perfect · passive		sugar SUGAR		the car			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient key=Result
2	talk	present · progressive	she					about food	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

No, it is a soft swear because she is upset

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 swear	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 swear	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 swear	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 swear	det
6	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 swear	amod
7	swear	swear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 upset	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 upset	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 upset	cop
11	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 swear	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a soft swear					tree rules
2	is	present	she	a soft swear not said here				upset property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, the keys are hidden in the sugar bowl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 hidden	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 keys	det
4	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hidden	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hidden	aux:pass
6	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 bowl	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bowl	det
9	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bowl	compound
10	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present · passive		the keys		the sugar bowl			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in bowl=Location

Option 3

No, she means she is very happy

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	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 happy	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 happy	cop
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 happy	advmod
8	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 means	ccomp

#	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
2	is	present	she					happy property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, she wants some sugar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 wants	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wants	nsubj
4	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 sugar	det
6	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wants	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	she	some sugar					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sugar=Theme

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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