Test 1 · Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions
A sign at a highway stop reads "Restrooms open 24 hours". What can you do there?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sign, Restrooms, you · What happens: read, open, do · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 6 «Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions» 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: A sign at a highway stop reads "Restrooms open 24 hours".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sign | det |
| 2 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reads | nsubj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 stop | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 stop | det |
| 5 | highway | highway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stop | compound |
| 6 | stop | stop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sign | nmod |
| 7 | reads | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 open | punct |
| 9 | Restrooms | restroom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 open | nsubj |
| 10 | open | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 reads | ccomp |
| 11 | 24 | 24 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 hours | nummod |
| 12 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 open | obj |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 open | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 reads | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | present | a sign at a highway stop | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | open in a quote | present | Restrooms | hour | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 can you do there?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 do | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | can | you | there | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Sleep for the night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 night | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 night | det |
| 4 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sleep | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Take a shower and rest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 shower | det |
| 3 | shower | shower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 rest | cc |
| 5 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shower | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | a shower and rest | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shower=Theme |
Option 3
Rent a room
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rent | rent | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 room | det |
| 3 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Rent | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rent | imperative | you not said here | a room | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Use the toilet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 toilet | det |
| 3 | toilet | toilet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | the toilet | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toilet=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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