Test 5 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body
Gossip: "His wife? Went away for a rest after the baby, if you know what I mean." What is the speaker hinting at?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, I, speaker · What happens: go away, know, mean, be, hint · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 5 «Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body» 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: Gossip: "His wife?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gossip | gossip | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 wife | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 wife | punct |
| 4 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 wife | nmod:poss |
| 5 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Gossip | conj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Gossip | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Went away for a rest after the baby, if you know what I mean."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Went | advmod |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 rest | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 rest | det |
| 5 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Went | obl |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 baby | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 baby | det |
| 8 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Went | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 know | punct |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 12 know | mark |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 know | nsubj |
| 12 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Went | parataxis |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 15 mean | obj |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 mean | nsubj |
| 15 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 know | ccomp |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Went | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go away | past | after the baby | for a rest; away property | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for rest=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | know a condition, not said to happen | present | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | mean | present | I | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
Sentence 3: What is the speaker hinting at?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 speaker | det |
| 4 | speaker | speaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | hinting | hint | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 speaker | acl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 hinting | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the speaker | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | hint speech: other | gerund | the speaker not said here | vn say-37.7-1-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She spent time in a mental hospital
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 spent | nsubj |
| 2 | spent | spend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spent | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 hospital | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hospital | det |
| 6 | mental | mental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hospital | amod |
| 7 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | past | She | a mental hospital | time | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
She went on a nice holiday by the seaside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 holiday | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 holiday | det |
| 5 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 holiday | amod |
| 6 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 seaside | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 seaside | det |
| 9 | seaside | seaside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | She | a nice holiday | by the seaside | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on holiday=Location |
Option 3
She slept a lot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 slept | nsubj |
| 2 | slept | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 lot | det |
| 4 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 slept | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | past | She | a lot | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme |
Option 4
She visited her mother
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 visited | nsubj |
| 2 | visited | visit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 mother | nmod:poss |
| 4 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 visited | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | visit | past | She | her mother | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Co-Agent |
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