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Test 8 · ★★★ · Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing

Teacher's note: "Dad, I'll bear your idea in mind." The idea is never mentioned again. What did "bear it in mind" mean?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: note, Teacher · What happens: bear, note, not mention, mean · To what, where: idea, mind

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: Teacher's note: "Dad, I'll bear your idea in mind."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 note	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Teacher	case
3	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bear	nsubj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Dad	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Dad	punct
6	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 note	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 note	punct
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 bear	nsubj
9	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 bear	aux
10	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 idea	nmod:poss
12	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bear	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 mind	case
14	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bear	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 bear	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 bear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear in a quote	future	Teacher's note	your idea		mind			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient
2	note		Teacher						nom note «communication transitive»: poss=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: The idea is never mentioned again.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 idea	det
2	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mentioned	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mentioned	aux:pass
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 mentioned	advmod
5	mentioned	mention	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	again	again	ADV	_	5 mentioned	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mentioned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mention speech: other	present · passive		the idea			again		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

Sentence 3: What did "bear it in mind" mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 bear	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bear	aux
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 bear	punct
4	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bear	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 mind	case
7	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bear	obl
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 mind	punct
9	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 bear	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 bear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear in a quote	past · do-support		idea		mind			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary it=Patient
2	mean	infinitive							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

The teacher drew a bear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drew	nsubj
3	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bear	det
5	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	the teacher	a bear					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The teacher used it the next day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	nsubj
3	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 used	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 day	det
6	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 day	amod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	the teacher	it			day		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The teacher was not going to use it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 going	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 going	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 going	advmod
5	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 use	mark
7	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 going	xcomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	past · progressive	the teacher						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	use	to-infinitive	the teacher not said here	teacher					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4

The teacher wrote it on the board

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrote	nsubj
3	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrote	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 board	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 board	det
7	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrote	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past	the teacher	it		the board			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on board=Destination

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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