--- title: The head says at assembly: "Year 5 have been a challenging class thi… — Soft words for hard things: school rep… · tree and pragmatics description: The head says at assembly: "Year 5 have been a challenging class this term." What happened? Test 7 · ★ 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 and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/16-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: school rep…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/16-school-reports/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers The head says at assembly: "Year 5 have been a challenging class this term." What happened? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** head, Year · **What happens:** say, be, happen · **To what, where:** assembly, challenging class · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The head says at assembly: "Year 5 have been a challenging class this term." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:t7:1 # text = The head says at assembly: "Year 5 have been a challenging class this term." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 9 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 flat _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 11 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 challenging challenging ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the head | | | assembly | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | participle | Year | a challenging class | | | | this term *obl:unmarked* | 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 happened? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:t7:2 # text = What happened? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Year 5 behaved badly ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:t7:o1:1 # text = Year 5 behaved badly 1 Year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 flat _ _ 3 behaved behave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behave** | participle | | | | | | badly *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Year 5 did the hardest work ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:t7:o2:1 # text = Year 5 did the hardest work 1 Year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 flat _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 hardest hard ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Year | the hardest work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Year 5 won a competition ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:t7:o3:1 # text = Year 5 won a competition 1 Year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 flat _ _ 3 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 competition competition NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | Year | a competition | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent competition=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Year 5 asked lots of good questions ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:t7:o4:1 # text = Year 5 asked lots of good questions 1 Year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 flat _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Year | lots of good questions | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lot=Recipient | **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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