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Test 6 · ★★ · Idioms taken literally

In a cartoon a man literally bites a bullet at the dentist. What's the real meaning of the idiom?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: man, real meaning · What happens: bite, be, mean · To what, where: bullet, cartoon, idiom

This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Idioms taken literally» of the language 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: In a cartoon a man literally bites a bullet at the dentist.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bites	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bites	nsubj
6	literally	literally	ADV	_	7 bites	advmod
7	bites	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bullet	det
9	bullet	bullet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bites	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 dentist	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dentist	det
12	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bites	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 bites	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	present	a man	a bullet		a cartoon		at the dentist; literally property	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bullet=Patient in cartoon=Location

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's the real meaning of the idiom?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 meaning	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 meaning	amod
5	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 idiom	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 idiom	det
8	idiom	idiom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 meaning	nmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the real meaning of the idiom						tree rules
2	mean			the idiom					nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient

The options

Option 1

Shout at the dentist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 dentist	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dentist	det
4	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here			the dentist			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Face something unpleasant bravely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Face	face	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Face	obj
3	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 something	amod
4	bravely	bravely	ADV	_	1 Face	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	face	imperative	you not said here	something				bravely property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme something=Destination

Option 3

Eat something metal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 metal	compound
3	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	imperative	you not said here	something metal					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metal=Patient

Option 4

Keep your teeth clean and shiny every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 teeth	nmod:poss
3	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obj
4	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 shiny	cc
6	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clean	conj
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	your teeth			day	clean property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme

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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