Test 13 · ★★★ · Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing
A boss and worker can't agree, and the boss says "Let's agree to disagree." What happens next?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boss, 's · What happens: not agree, say, let, agree, disagree, happen · To what, where: 's · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «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
Sentence 1: A boss and worker can't agree, and the boss says "Let's agree to disagree."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boss | det |
| 2 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 agree | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 worker | cc |
| 4 | worker | worker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 boss | conj |
| 5 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 agree | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 agree | advmod |
| 7 | agree | agree | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 says | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 says | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 boss | det |
| 11 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 says | nsubj |
| 12 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 agree | parataxis |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 Let | punct |
| 14 | Let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 says | ccomp |
| 15 | 's | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 Let | obj |
| 16 | agree | agree | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 Let | xcomp |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 disagree | mark |
| 18 | disagree | disagree | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 agree | xcomp |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 agree | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 agree | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not agree speech: agree | can | a boss and worker | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | the boss | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | let in a quote | infinitive | 's | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | agree speech: agree in a quote | infinitive | 's not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | disagree not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | 's not said here | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 happens next?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | next | next | ADV | _ | 2 happens | advmod |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | next property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The worker wins the argument
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 worker | det |
| 2 | worker | worker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wins | nsubj |
| 3 | wins | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 argument | det |
| 5 | argument | argument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wins | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present | the worker | the argument | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argument=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
They both agree with each other in the end after all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 agree | nsubj |
| 2 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 agree | nsubj |
| 3 | agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 each | case |
| 5 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 3 agree | obl |
| 6 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 each | fixed |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 end | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 end | det |
| 9 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 agree | obl |
| 10 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 all | case |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 end | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | present | They | in the end after all | with each | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with each=Co-Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The argument stops; neither changes their mind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 argument | det |
| 2 | argument | argument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stops | nsubj |
| 3 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 changes | punct |
| 5 | neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 changes | nsubj |
| 6 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stops | conj |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 mind | nmod:poss |
| 8 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 changes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | the argument | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | change | present | neither | their mind | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | ||||
| 3 | mind | their = they | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
The boss changes her mind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 boss | det |
| 2 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 changes | nsubj |
| 3 | changes | change | 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 mind | nmod:poss |
| 5 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 changes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | the boss | boss's mind | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | ||||
| 2 | mind | boss | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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