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Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★

Our kid: "I've told you a million times, the cat's not dead, it's just been fixed!" How many times did he really say it, and what happened to the cat?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, kid, many times · What happens: tell, not be, fix, do, say, happen · To what, where: you, cat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: Our kid: "I've told you a million times, the cat's not dead, it's just been fixed!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 kid	nmod:poss
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 dead	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 told	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 told	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 told	nsubj
6	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 told	aux
7	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 kid	parataxis
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 told	iobj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 million	det
10	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 times	nummod
11	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 told	obl:unmarked
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 kid	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cat	det
14	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 dead	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 dead	cop
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 dead	advmod
17	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 fixed	punct
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 fixed	nsubj:pass
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 fixed	aux
21	just	just	ADV	_	23 fixed	advmod
22	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	23 fixed	aux:pass
23	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 dead	conj
24	!	!	PUNCT	_	17 dead	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 dead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	present · perfect	I		you		time		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
2	not is in a quote	present	Our kid					dead property	tree rules
3	fix in a quote	present · passive		cat					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient

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: How many times did he really say it, and what happened to the cat?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 many	advmod
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 times	amod
3	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 say	nsubj
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 say	advmod
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 say	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 happened	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 happened	cc
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 happened	nsubj
12	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 did	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 cat	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cat	det
15	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 happened	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	many times						tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	kid	cat					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	happen	past						to the cat	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A million times; the cat was mended

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 million	det
2	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 times	nummod
3	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 mended	nsubj:pass
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 times	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mended	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 mended	aux:pass
8	mended	mend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mend	past · passive		million times					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Many times; the cat was neutered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 times	amod
2	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 neutered	nsubj:pass
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 times	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cat	det
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 neutered	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 neutered	aux:pass
7	neutered	neuter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	neuter	past · passive		Many times					tree rules

Option 3

Many times; the cat was put to sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 times	amod
2	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 put	nsubj:pass
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 times	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cat	det
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 put	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 put	aux:pass
7	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 sleep	mark
9	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 put	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past · passive		Many times					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal
2	sleep	to-infinitive							vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A million times; the cat was neutered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 million	det
2	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 times	nummod
3	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 neutered	nsubj:pass
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 times	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 neutered	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 neutered	aux:pass
8	neutered	neuter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	neuter	past · passive		million times					tree rules

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