--- title: "teacher's having a quiet word with Jake, he's bricking it" — why is… — Soft words for hard things: school rep… · tree and pragmatics description: "teacher's having a quiet word with Jake, he's bricking it" — why is Jake scared? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 17 «Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers and animals and pets» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/17-school-and-pets/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/17-school-and-pets/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers an… "teacher's having a quiet word with Jake, he's bricking it" — why is Jake scared? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jake · **What happens:** have, brick, be · **To what, where:** quiet word, word This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 17 «Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers and animals and pets» 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/17-school-and-pets/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:t1:1 # text = "teacher's having a quiet word with Jake, he's bricking it" — why is Jake scared? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 bricking brick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 16 — - PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund | | a quiet word | | | | with Jake | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 2 | **brick** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Jake | word | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination | | 3 | **is** | present | Jake | | | | | scared *property* | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He has to whisper a speech ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:t1:o1:1 # text = He has to whisper a speech 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 whisper whisper VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | He | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | a speech | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Topic | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He is getting a private telling-off ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:t1:o2:1 # text = He is getting a private telling-off 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 6 telling telling NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 off off NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present · progressive | He | a private telling off | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer off=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} He won a secret prize ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:t1:o3:1 # text = He won a secret prize 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | He | a secret prize | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} He lost his voice ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:t1:o4:1 # text = He lost his voice 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | He | his voice | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Eventuality | **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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