--- title: Report: "Ethan has a strong personality and likes to lead games his… — Soft words for hard things: children's… · tree and pragmatics description: Report: "Ethan has a strong personality and likes to lead games his way." What may it really mean? Test 7 · ★ 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 tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/t7/) [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/) / [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/) / [Soft words for hard things: children's…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and schoo… Report: "Ethan has a strong personality and likes to lead games his way." What may it really mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ethan, personality · **What happens:** have, like, lead, mean · **To what, where:** strong personality, games This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Report: "Ethan has a strong personality and likes to lead games his way." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:t7:1 # text = Report: "Ethan has a strong personality and likes to lead games his way." 1 Report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Ethan Ethan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 personality personality NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Ethan | a strong personality | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent personality=Patient | | 2 | **like** *in a quote* | present | Ethan *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **lead** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Ethan *not said here* | games | | | | | 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 may it really mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:t7:2 # text = What may it really mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | may | personality | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Ethan is the best athlete ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:t7:o1:1 # text = Ethan is the best athlete 1 Ethan Ethan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 athlete athlete NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Ethan | the best athlete | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Ethan is bossy ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:t7:o2:1 # text = Ethan is bossy 1 Ethan Ethan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 bossy bossy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Ethan | | | | | bossy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Ethan is quiet and shy ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:t7:o3:1 # text = Ethan is quiet and shy 1 Ethan Ethan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 shy shy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Ethan | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Ethan *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ethan is very strong ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:t7:o4:1 # text = Ethan is very strong 1 Ethan Ethan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Ethan | | | | | strong *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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