Test 5 · ★★★ · Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing

Sam says "with all due respect" means you really respect the person a lot. right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam, you · What happens: say, mean, respect · To what, where: person · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 means	punct
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 respect	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 respect	det
6	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 respect	amod
7	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 means	obl
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 respect	punct
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 respect	nsubj
11	really	really	ADV	_	12 respect	advmod
12	respect	respect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 means	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 person	det
14	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 respect	obj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 lot	det
16	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 respect	obl:unmarked
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 means	punct
18	right	right	INTJ	_	9 means	discourse
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Sam			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean	present			with all due respect	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	respect	present	you	the person	a lot obl:unmarked	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus

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

Yes, it is the polite greeting used for a king or queen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 greeting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 greeting	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 greeting	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 greeting	det
6	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 greeting	amod
7	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 greeting	acl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 king	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 used	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 queen	cc
13	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 king	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the polite greeting					tree rules
2	use	participle		the polite greeting not said here				for a king or queen	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, it means great respect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut 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	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 respect	amod
6	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it	great respect					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respect=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, it usually comes before "you're wrong"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 comes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 comes	nsubj
4	usually	usually	ADV	_	5 comes	advmod
5	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 wrong	mark
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 wrong	punct
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 wrong	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 wrong	cop
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 comes	advcl
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 comes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	it					usually property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is in a quote	present	you					wrong property	tree rules

Option 4

No, it means you are scared

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	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut 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	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 scared	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 scared	cop
7	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	you					scared property	tree rules

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