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Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★

"Och, the wee dog was put to sleep at the vet's, the bairn's that upset." What happened to the dog?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: put, sleep, happen · To what, where: wee dog, vet

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: "Och, the wee dog was put to sleep at the vet's, the bairn's that upset."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 put	punct
2	Och	och	INTJ	_	8 put	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Och	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dog	det
5	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dog	amod
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 put	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 put	aux:pass
8	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 sleep	mark
10	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 put	advcl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 vet	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 vet	det
13	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sleep	obl
14	's	's	PART	_	13 vet	case
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 upset	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bairn	det
17	bairn	bairn	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 upset	nsubj
18	's	's	PART	_	17 bairn	case
19	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 upset	nsubj
20	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 put	parataxis
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 put	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put in a quote	past · passive		the wee dog					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal
2	sleep in a quote	to-infinitive				the vet			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: 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: What happened to the dog?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 dog	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 happened	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past						to the dog	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

The dog had a small operation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 operation	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 operation	amod
6	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the dog	a small operation					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent operation=Patient

Option 2

The dog had a long nap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 nap	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 nap	amod
6	nap	nap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the dog	a long nap					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nap=Patient

Option 3

The dog was given to a new family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 family	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 family	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 family	amod
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		the dog	a new family				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to family=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The vet ended its life gently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vet	det
2	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ended	nsubj
3	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 life	nmod:poss
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ended	obj
6	gently	gently	ADV	_	3 ended	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	past	the vet	vet's life				gently property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality life=Eventuality

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