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Test 1 · ★ of lesson 16 «Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/16-school-reports/t1/) [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: school rep…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/16-school-reports/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers Mum reads: "Ella is a confident speaker and an enthusiastic contributor." What is Ella probably doing in class? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum, Ella · **What happens:** read, be, do · **To what, where:** confident speaker, class · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 16 «Soft words for hard things: 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/16-school-reports/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum reads: "Ella is a confident speaker and an enthusiastic contributor." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:t1:1 # text = Mum reads: "Ella is a confident speaker and an enthusiastic contributor." 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reads read VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Ella Ella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 confident confident ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 enthusiastic enthusiastic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 contributor contributor NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | present | Mum | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Ella | a confident speaker and a enthusiastic contributor | | | | | 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 Ella probably doing in class? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:t1:2 # text = What is Ella probably doing in class? 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 Ella Ella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 probably probably ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · progressive | Ella | | | class | | probably *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Sitting quietly and listening ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:t1:o1:1 # text = Sitting quietly and listening 1 Sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | gerund | | | | | | quietly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **listen** | gerund | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Talking over others and shouting out answers ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:t1:o2:1 # text = Talking over others and shouting out answers 1 Talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 over over ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 answers answer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | gerund | | | | others | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **shout out** *speech: express* | gerund | | answers | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Giving speeches to the whole school ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:t1:o3:1 # text = Giving speeches to the whole school 1 Giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 speeches speech NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | gerund | | speeches | the whole school | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent speech=Theme to school=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Collecting money for charity ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:t1:o4:1 # text = Collecting money for charity 1 Collecting collect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 charity charity NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **collect** | gerund | | money | | | | for charity | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | **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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