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title: Parents' evening: "Sophie is very sociable, she always has something… — Soft words for hard things: children's… · tree and pragmatics
description: Parents' evening: "Sophie is very sociable, she always has something to say to her neighbour." What is the teacher saying? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 15 «Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and school reports and teachers» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Test 1 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and schoo…

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Parents' evening: "Sophie is very sociable, she always has something to say to her neighbour." What is the teacher saying?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** evening, Sophie, teacher · **What happens:** be, have, say · **To what, where:** something, neighbour · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 15 «Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and school reports and teachers» 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/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Parents' evening: "Sophie is very sociable, she always has something to say to her neighbour."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:t1:1
# text = Parents' evening: "Sophie is very sociable, she always has something to say to her neighbour."
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	sociable	sociable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	13	advmod	_	_
13	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
14	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	obj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	acl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Parents's evening |  |  |  |  | sociable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Sophie | something |  |  |  | always *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Sophie *not said here* | something *not said here* | Sophie's neighbour |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to neighbour=Recipient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the teacher saying?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:t1:2
# text = What is the teacher saying?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Sophie chats too much in class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:t1:o1:1
# text = Sophie chats too much in class
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chats	chat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chat** *speech: other* | present | Sophie | much |  | class |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sophie has many friends at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:t1:o2:1
# text = Sophie has many friends at home
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Sophie | many friends |  | home |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sophie is popular and well behaved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:t1:o3:1
# text = Sophie is popular and well behaved
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	behaved	behave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sophie |  |  |  |  | popular *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **behave** | participle | Sophie *not said here* |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sophie is good at speaking French

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:t1:o4:1
# text = Sophie is good at speaking French
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	obl	_	_
6	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sophie |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  | French |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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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