--- title: Tom reckons "food insecure" means scared of vegetables. Right? — Soft words for hard things: money and… · tree and pragmatics description: Tom reckons "food insecure" means scared of vegetables. Right? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 19 «Soft words for hard things: money and poverty» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/t6/) [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: money and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: money and poverty Tom reckons "food insecure" means scared of vegetables. Right? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tom, food insecure · **What happens:** reckon, mean This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 19 «Soft words for hard things: money and poverty» 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/19-money-and-poverty/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Tom reckons "food insecure" means scared of vegetables. ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:t6:1 # text = Tom reckons "food insecure" means scared of vegetables. 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 insecure insecure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 vegetables vegetable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | Tom | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** | present | food insecure | | | | | scared *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | 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:* Right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:t6:2 # text = Right? 1 Right right INTJ UH _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} No, it means the fridge is broken ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:t6:o1:1 # text = No, it means the fridge is broken 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fridge fridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **break** | present · passive | | the fridge | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, it means a picky eater ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:t6:o2:1 # text = Yes, it means a picky eater 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 picky picky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 eater eater NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | a picky eater | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eater=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, it means allergic ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:t6:o3:1 # text = Yes, it means allergic 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 allergic allergic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | | | | | allergic *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, it means not able to afford enough food ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:t6:o4:1 # text = No, it means not able to afford enough food 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 afford afford VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | | | | | able *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **afford** | to-infinitive | | enough food | | | | | 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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