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Test 10 · Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole

★★★ «I'm dead», «I'm melting» and «I nearly had a heart attack» are hyperbole. In which case should you NOT treat the words as hyperbole?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, ★ ★ ★, you · What happens: be, melt, have, not treat · To what, where: heart attack, hyperbole, words, case

This is test 10 of lesson 45 «Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole» 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: ★★★ «I'm dead», «I'm melting» and «I nearly had a heart attack» are hyperbole.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ★	compound
2	★	★	X	_	3 ★	compound
3	★	★	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 hyperbole	nsubj
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 dead	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 dead	nsubj
6	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dead	cop
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ★	appos
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 dead	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 melting	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 melting	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 melting	nsubj
12	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 melting	aux
13	melting	melt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 ★	appos
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 melting	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 had	cc
16	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 had	punct
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 had	nsubj
18	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	19 had	advmod
19	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 melting	conj
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 attack	det
21	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 attack	compound
22	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 had	obj
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 had	punct
24	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 hyperbole	cop
25	hyperbole	hyperbole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	25 hyperbole	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	I					dead property	tree rules
2	melt in a quote	present · progressive	I						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	have in a quote	past	I	a heart attack				nearly property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attack=Patient
4	is a	present	★ ★ ★	hyperbole					tree rules

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: In which case should you NOT treat the words as hyperbole?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 case	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 case	det
3	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 treat	obl
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 treat	aux
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 treat	nsubj
6	NOT	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 treat	advmod
7	treat	treat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 words	det
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 treat	obj
10	as	as	ADP	_	11 hyperbole	case
11	hyperbole	hyperbole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 treat	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 treat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not treat	should	you	the words		which case		as hyperbole	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent word=Theme as hyperbole=Attribute

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Dad is hot at a summer barbecue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hot	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hot	cop
3	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 barbecue	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 barbecue	det
6	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 barbecue	compound
7	barbecue	barbecue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Dad			a summer barbecue		hot property	tree rules

Option 2

Priya is laughing at a cat video

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Priya	Priya	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 laughing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 laughing	aux
3	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 video	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 video	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 video	compound
7	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 laughing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present · progressive	Priya			a cat video			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Gran is pale and holding her chest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 pale	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pale	cop
3	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 holding	cc
5	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 pale	conj
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 chest	nmod:poss
7	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 holding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Gran					pale property	tree rules
2	hold	gerund	Gran not said here	Gran's chest					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chest=Theme

Option 4

Ella got a fright from the dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fright	det
4	fright	fright	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 dog	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Ella	a fright				from the dog	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent fright=Theme from dog=Source

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