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Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★

"y'all, the boss told my cousin 'we've decided to go in a different direction', he's fixin' to celebrate." Should he celebrate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boss, we · What happens: tell, decide, go, be, celebrate · To what, where: cousin, fixin, different direction · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★» 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: "y'all, the boss told my cousin 'we've decided to go in a different direction', he's fixin' to celebrate."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 y'all	punct
2	y'all	y'all	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	ccomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 y'all	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boss	det
5	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	nsubj
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cousin	nmod:poss
8	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	iobj
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 told	punct
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 decided	nsubj
11	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 decided	aux
12	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 told	ccomp
13	to	to	PART	_	14 go	mark
14	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 decided	xcomp
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 direction	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 direction	det
17	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 direction	amod
18	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 fixin	obl
19	',	',	PUNCT	_	18 direction	punct
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 fixin	nsubj
21	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 fixin	cop
22	fixin	fixin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 go	obl
23	'	'	PUNCT	_	22 fixin	punct
24	to	to	PART	_	25 celebrate	mark
25	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 fixin	acl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 told	punct
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	past	the boss		my cousin				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent cousin=Recipient clause=Topic
2	decide in a quote	present · perfect	we						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	go not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	we not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is a in a quote	present	boss	fixin		a different direction			tree rules
5	celebrate in a quote	to-infinitive	we not said here						vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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: Should he celebrate?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 celebrate	aux
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 celebrate	nsubj
3	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 celebrate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	should	boss						vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes: it means a new office

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 office	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 office	amod
7	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No: it means he was turned down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 means	det
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	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 turned	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 turned	aux:pass
7	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 means	ccomp
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 turned	compound:prt

#	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 clause=Topic
2	turn down	past · passive		he					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Yes: it means he got the job

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	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	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 got	nsubj
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 job	det
8	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obj

#	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 clause=Topic
2	get	past	he	the job					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus

Option 4

No: it means he must drive elsewhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 means	det
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	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 drive	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 drive	aux
7	drive	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 means	ccomp
8	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	_	7 drive	advmod

#	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 clause=Topic
2	drive	must	he					elsewhere property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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