--- title: "Dad says the dog's being done on Tuesday, done with what lol" — wha… — Soft words for hard things: school rep… · tree and pragmatics description: "Dad says the dog's being done on Tuesday, done with what lol" — what is happening Tuesday? Test 9 · ★ 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 questio --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers an… "Dad says the dog's being done on Tuesday, done with what lol" — what is happening Tuesday? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad · **What happens:** say, do, happen · **To what, where:** dog · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:t9:1 # text = "Dad says the dog's being done on Tuesday, done with what lol" — what is happening Tuesday? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Tuesday Tuesday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 15 lol lol INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 17 — - PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 happening happen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 21 Tuesday Tuesday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Dad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | gerund · passive | | the dog | | | tuesday | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **happen** | present · progressive | | | | | tuesday | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} The dog is finishing school ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:t9:o1:1 # text = The dog is finishing school 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 finishing finish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | present · progressive | the dog | school | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector school=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} The dog is being cooked ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:t9:o2:1 # text = The dog is being cooked 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 cooked cook VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cook** | present · passive | | the dog | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The dog is being neutered ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:t9:o3:1 # text = The dog is being neutered 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 neutered neuter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **neuter** | present · passive | | the dog | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The dog is being sold ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:t9:o4:1 # text = The dog is being sold 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | present · passive | | the dog | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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