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Test 11 · ★ · A bit nippy and not ideal: British understatement

★★★ A manager says «alright» after a 5–0 win and «not ideal» after a 0–5 loss. What is the same about how she speaks?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, manager · What happens: ★, say, be, speak · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 49 «A bit nippy and not ideal: British understatement» 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: ★★★ A manager says «alright» after a 5–0 win and «not ideal» after a 0–5 loss.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ★	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 manager	det
5	manager	manager	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ★	ccomp
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 alright	punct
8	alright	alright	INTJ	_	6 says	discourse
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 alright	punct
10	after	after	ADP	_	15 win	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 win	det
12	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 –	nummod
13	–	–	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 win	compound
14	0	0	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 –	flat
15	win	win	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 ideal	cc
17	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 ideal	punct
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 ideal	advmod
19	ideal	ideal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 win	conj
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 ideal	punct
21	after	after	ADP	_	24 –	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 –	det
23	0	0	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	24 –	nummod
24	–	–	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 ideal	obl
25	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	24 –	flat
26	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 –	conj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ★	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	★	present	★						tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	a manager				after a – win		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 is the same about how she speaks?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 same	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 same	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 same	det
4	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	about	about	SCONJ	_	8 speaks	mark
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 speaks	advmod
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 speaks	nsubj
8	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 same	advcl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 same	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						same property	tree rules
2	speak speech: other	present	manager						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She exaggerates both times to make the fans happy

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 exaggerates	nsubj
2	exaggerates	exaggerate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 times	det
4	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exaggerates	obl:unmarked
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 exaggerates	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fans	det
8	fans	fan	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 make	obj
9	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exaggerate	present	She				time		tree rules
2	make	to-infinitive	She not said here	the fans				happy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fan=Product

Option 2

She is being sarcastic both times

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 sarcastic	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sarcastic	cop
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sarcastic	cop
4	sarcastic	sarcastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 times	det
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sarcastic	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She				time	sarcastic property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She plays things down both times, the good and the bad

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 plays	nsubj
2	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 plays	obj
4	down	down	ADP	_	2 plays	compound:prt
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 times	det
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 plays	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 good	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 good	det
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 plays	parataxis
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 bad	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bad	det
12	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 good	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play down	present	She	things			time		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme

Option 4

She means exactly what she says both times

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	4 what	advmod
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 says	obj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 times	det
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 says	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	She						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert	present	she				time		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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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