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Test 7 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body

Gossip: "He's got a drinking problem, poor sod, can't keep a job." What is wrong with him?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gossip · What happens: get, not keep, be · To what, where: drinking problem, job

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 4 «Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body» 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: "He's got a drinking problem, poor sod, can't keep a job."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 keep	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct
4	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 got	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 got	aux
6	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Gossip	appos
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 problem	det
8	drinking	drinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 problem	compound
9	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sod	punct
11	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sod	amod
12	sod	sod	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 problem	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 keep	punct
14	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 keep	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 keep	advmod
16	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 job	det
18	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 keep	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 keep	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	present · passive	Gossip	a drinking problem and poor sod					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer problem=Stimulus
2	not keep in a quote	can	Gossip	a job					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=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: What is wrong with him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrong	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						with Gossip; wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

He is always thirsty, even at night

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 thirsty	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thirsty	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 thirsty	advmod
4	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 night	punct
6	even	even	ADV	_	8 night	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 night	case
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thirsty	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He				night	always, thirsty property	tree rules

Option 2

He cannot afford drinks

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 afford	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 afford	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 afford	advmod
4	afford	afford	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 afford	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not afford	can	He	drinks					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He drinks too much alcohol

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 drinks	nsubj
2	drinks	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 much	advmod
4	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 alcohol	amod
5	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drinks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	present	He	much alcohol					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alcohol=Patient

Option 4

He drinks only water

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 drinks	nsubj
2	drinks	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 water	advmod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drinks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	present	He	water					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

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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