--- title: Leo: «treacherous means pretty, cos paths are pretty». What is the p… — Vocabulary in context · tree and pragmatics description: Leo: «treacherous means pretty, cos paths are pretty». What is the problem? Test 3 of lesson 20 «Vocabulary in context» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/20-vocabulary-in-context/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Vocabulary in context](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/20-vocabulary-in-context/) / t3 # Test 3 · Vocabulary in context Leo: «treacherous means pretty, cos paths are pretty». What is the problem? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leo, problem · **What happens:** mean, be This is test 3 of lesson 20 «Vocabulary in context» of the English 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/20-vocabulary-in-context/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Leo: «treacherous means pretty, cos paths are pretty». ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:t3:1 # text = Leo: «treacherous means pretty, cos paths are pretty». 1 Leo Leo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 treacherous treacherous PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 paths path NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | Leo | | | | | pretty *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | cos paths; pretty *property* | 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:* What is the problem? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:t3:2 # text = What is the problem? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the problem | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nothing, his meaning works perfectly well in the sentence ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:t3:o1:1 # text = Nothing, his meaning works perfectly well in the sentence 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | Nothing | | | | | in the sentence; well *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in sentence=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He ignored the clues about loose stones and steep drops ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:t3:o2:1 # text = He ignored the clues about loose stones and steep drops 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ignored ignore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 clues clue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 steep steep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 drops drop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | past | He | the clues | | | | about loose stones and steep drops | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clue=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Paths can't be pretty ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:t3:o3:1 # text = Paths can't be pretty 1 Paths path NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **can** | can | Paths | | | | | pretty *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He spelt it wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:t3:o4:1 # text = He spelt it wrong 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spelt spelt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spelt** | past | He | it | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | **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. 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