--- title: "my uncle's an actor, says he's 'resting' lol" — what does this mean? — Soft words for hard things: work, firi… · tree and pragmatics description: "my uncle's an actor, says he's 'resting' lol" — what does this mean? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 21 «Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy» 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 wr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/t3/) [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: work, firi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy "my uncle's an actor, says he's 'resting' lol" — what does this mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** uncle, he, this · **What happens:** be, say, rest, mean · **To what, where:** actor · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 21 «Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy» 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/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t3:1 # text = "my uncle's an actor, says he's 'resting' lol" — what does this mean? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 actor actor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 resting rest VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 14 lol lol INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 16 — - PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 obj _ _ 18 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 nsubj _ _ 20 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | my uncle and a actor *not said here* | a actor | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my uncle and a actor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **rest** *in a quote* | present · progressive | he | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **mean** | present · do-support | this | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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 is too tired to act ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t3:o1:1 # text = He is too tired to act 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **act** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He is on a beach holiday ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t3:o2:1 # text = He is on a beach holiday 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | a beach holiday | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He has no acting work right now ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t3:o3:1 # text = He has no acting work right now 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 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 4 acting acting NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 right right ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | He | no acting work | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} He is sleeping during the day ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t3:o4:1 # text = He is sleeping during the day 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 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 during during ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | present · progressive | He | | | | day | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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