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Test 3 · ★★ · Sarcasm, hyperbole and understatement side by side

Theo yells «the WHOLE HOUSE is burnt!» Should you call the fire brigade?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Theo, you · What happens: yell, burnt, call · To what, where: WHOLE HOUSE, fire brigade · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 52 «Sarcasm, hyperbole and understatement side by side» 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: Theo yells «the WHOLE HOUSE is burnt!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Theo	Theo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 yells	nsubj
2	yells	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 burnt	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 HOUSE	det
5	WHOLE	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 HOUSE	amod
6	HOUSE	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 burnt	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 burnt	aux:pass
8	burnt	burnt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 yells	ccomp
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	8 burnt	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 burnt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yell speech: express	present	Theo						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	burnt in a quote	present · passive		the WHOLE HOUSE					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: Should you call the fire brigade?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 call	aux
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 call	nsubj
3	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brigade	det
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brigade	compound
6	brigade	brigade	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 call	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	should	you	the fire brigade					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brigade=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, every single time anyone shouts about something burning in the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 shouts	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 time	det
4	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 time	amod
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shouts	obl:unmarked
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 shouts	nsubj
7	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 something	case
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 shouts	obl
10	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 something	acl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 house	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 house	det
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 burning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present	anyone				time	about something	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about something=Topic
2	burn	gerund				the house			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Not for one burnt piece of toast, but yes if there were real flames

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 piece	advmod
2	for	for	ADP	_	5 piece	case
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 piece	nummod
4	burnt	burnt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 piece	amod
5	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 toast	case
7	toast	toast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 piece	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 flames	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 flames	cc
10	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	13 were	discourse
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 were	mark
12	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	13 were	expl
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 flames	cop
14	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 flames	amod
15	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 piece	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		real flames					tree rules

Option 3

Never, because it's always hyperbole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 hyperbole	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Never	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 hyperbole	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hyperbole	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hyperbole	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 hyperbole	advmod
7	hyperbole	hyperbole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	it	hyperbole				always property	tree rules

Option 4

Only if Dad says «slightly well done»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 says	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 says	mark
3	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 done	punct
6	slightly	slightly	ADV	_	8 done	advmod
7	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 done	advmod
8	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 says	ccomp
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 done	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Dad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do in a quote	participle						slightly, well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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