Test 1 · Soft words for hard things: age and looks and weight Gossip: "Look at her face — not a single wrinkle at 60. She's definitely had some work done." What does the gossip think?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gossip, work · What happens: look, have, do, think · To what, where: single wrinkle, work
This is test 1 of lesson 9 «Soft words for hard things: age and looks and weight» 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: "Look at her face — not a single wrinkle at 60.
nsubj punct punct case nmod:poss obl punct advmod det amod obl case nmod punct root Gossip NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Look VERB at ADP her PRON face NOUN — PUNCT not PART a DET single ADJ wrinkle NOUN at ADP 60 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gossip gossip NOUN Number=Sing 4 Look nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 4 Look punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 4 Look punct 4 Look look VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 at at ADP _ 7 face case 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 face nmod:poss 7 face face NOUN Number=Sing 4 Look obl 8 — - PUNCT _ 12 wrinkle punct 9 not not PART Polarity=Neg 12 wrinkle advmod 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 wrinkle det 11 single single ADJ Degree=Pos 12 wrinkle amod 12 wrinkle wrinkle NOUN Number=Sing 4 Look obl 13 at at ADP _ 14 60 case 14 60 60 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 12 wrinkle nmod 15 . . PUNCT _ 4 Look punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 look in a quote infinitive Gossip a single wrinkle at 60 at Gossip's face vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at face=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: She's definitely had some work done."
nsubj aux advmod det obj xcomp punct punct root She PRON 's AUX definitely ADV had VERB some DET work NOUN done VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT 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 4 had nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 had aux 3 definitely definitely ADV _ 4 had advmod 4 had have VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 some some DET PronType=Ind 6 work det 6 work work NOUN Number=Sing 4 had obj 7 done do VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 had xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 had punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 4 had punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present · passive Gossip some work definitely property tree rules 2 do participle some work not said here vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What does the gossip think?
obj aux det nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX the DET gossip NOUN think VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 5 think obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 think aux 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 gossip det 4 gossip gossip NOUN Number=Sing 5 think nsubj 5 think think VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 think punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 think speech: other present · do-support the gossip vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
The options Option 1 She does a lot of exercise
nsubj det obj case nmod root She PRON does VERB a DET lot NOUN of ADP exercise NOUN 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 does nsubj 2 does do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 lot det 4 lot lot NOUN Number=Sing 2 does obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 exercise case 6 exercise exercise NOUN Number=Sing 4 lot nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do present She a lot of exercise vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Eventuality
Option 2 She sleeps a lot
nsubj det obl:unmarked root She PRON sleeps VERB a DET lot NOUN 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 sleeps nsubj 2 sleeps sleep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 lot det 4 lot lot NOUN Number=Sing 2 sleeps obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sleep present She a lot vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 3 She works very hard
nsubj advmod advmod root She PRON works VERB very ADV hard ADV 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 works nsubj 2 works work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 very very ADV _ 4 hard advmod 4 hard hard ADV Degree=Pos 2 works advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 work present She hard property vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer She had cosmetic surgery
nsubj amod obj root She PRON had VERB cosmetic ADJ surgery NOUN 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 had nsubj 2 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 cosmetic cosmetic ADJ Degree=Pos 4 surgery amod 4 surgery surgery NOUN Number=Sing 2 had obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have past She cosmetic surgery vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surgery=Patient
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