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Test 3 · ★★★ · Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★

"Dad's a stubby short of a six-pack and the ute's bitten the dust, heaps of drama this arvo lol" (a ute is a small truck). What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, ute · What happens: be, bite · To what, where: stubby, dust, small truck

This is test 3 · ★★★ 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: "Dad's a stubby short of a six-pack and the ute's bitten the dust, heaps of drama this arvo lol" (a ute is a small truck).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 stubby	punct
2	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stubby	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stubby	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stubby	det
5	stubby	stubby	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stubby	amod
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 pack	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pack	det
9	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 pack	nummod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 six	punct
11	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 short	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 bitten	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ute	det
14	ute	ute	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bitten	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 ute	case
16	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 short	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 dust	det
18	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bitten	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 heaps	punct
20	heaps	heap	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stubby	conj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 drama	case
22	drama	drama	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 heaps	nmod
23	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	25 lol	det
24	arvo	arvo	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 lol	compound
25	lol	lol	NOUN	_	22 drama	conj
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 lol	punct
27	(	(	PUNCT	_	33 truck	punct
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 ute	det
29	ute	ute	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 truck	nsubj
30	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 truck	cop
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 truck	det
32	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 truck	amod
33	truck	truck	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 lol	appos
34	)	)	PUNCT	_	33 truck	punct
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 stubby	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	Dad	a stubby and heaps of drama and this arvo lol					tree rules
2	bite in a quote	participle	Dad not said here	the dust					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dust=Patient
3	is a	present	a ute	a small truck					tree rules

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 is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The ute got dusty on the road; Dad drank six beers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ute	det
2	ute	ute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	dusty	dusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 got	xcomp
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 road	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 road	det
7	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 drank	punct
9	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 drank	nsubj
10	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 got	conj
11	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 beers	nummod
12	beers	beer	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 drank	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the ute			the road		dusty property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on road=Source
2	drink	past	Dad	six beers					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beer=Patient

Option 2

The ute is brand new; Dad is short

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ute	det
2	ute	ute	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 new	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 new	cop
4	brand	brand	ADV	_	5 new	advmod
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 short	punct
7	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 short	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 short	cop
9	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 new	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the ute					brand, new property	tree rules
2	is	present	Dad					short property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The ute broke down; Dad is teased as silly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ute	det
2	ute	ute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broke	nsubj
3	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 broke	compound:prt
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 teased	punct
6	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 teased	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 teased	aux:pass
8	teased	tease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 broke	conj
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 silly	case
10	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 teased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break down	past	the ute						vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	tease	present · passive		Dad				as silly	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

The ute broke down; Dad has died

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ute	det
2	ute	ute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broke	nsubj
3	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 broke	compound:prt
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 broke	punct
6	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 died	nsubj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 died	aux
8	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 broke	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break down	past	the ute						vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	die	present · perfect	Dad						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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