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What is happening? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad · **What happens:** snap, happen · **To what, where:** naughty step This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 14 «Soft words for hard things: relations and family and children's behaviour» of the euphemisms 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/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dad, snapping: "Right, naughty step, now. ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:t10:1 # text = Dad, snapping: "Right, naughty step, now. 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 snapping snap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Right right INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 naughty naughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **snap** | gerund | Dad | naughty step | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=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:* Three minutes." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:t10:2 # text = Three minutes." 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* What is happening? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:t10:3 # text = What is happening? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happening happen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It is a game ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:t10:o1:1 # text = It is a game 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a game | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The child is being punished ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:t10:o2:1 # text = The child is being punished 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **punish** | present · passive | | the child | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The child is going upstairs to bed ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:t10:o3:1 # text = The child is going upstairs to bed 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 upstairs upstairs ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present · progressive | the child | | | bed | | upstairs *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} The step is broken ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:t10:o4:1 # text = The step is broken 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | present · passive | | the step | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | **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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