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title: "aw it's fun-size, can i have 4 then" — what does the speaker know a… — Soft words for hard things: work, firi… · tree and pragmatics
description: "aw it's fun-size, can i have 4 then" — what does the speaker know about the bar? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 22 «Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy and business and advertising» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 2 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy a…

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"aw it's fun-size, can i have 4 then" — what does the speaker know about the bar?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, i · **What happens:** aw, be, have, do, know · **To what, where:** fun size, 4, speaker · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 22 «Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy and business and advertising» 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/22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t2:1
# text = "aw it's fun-size, can i have 4 then" — what does the speaker know about the bar?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	aw	aw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	fun	fun	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	_
12	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	obj	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
15	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
17	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	xcomp	_	_
21	about	about	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	bar	bar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **aw** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | fun size |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | can | i | 4 |  |  | then |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 4=Patient |
| 4 | **do** | present |  | the speaker |  |  |  | about the bar | tree rules |
| 5 | **know** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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}

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It has a toy inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t2:o1:1
# text = It has a toy inside
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | a toy |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is extra big

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t2:o2:1
# text = It is extra big
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | big *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is small

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t2:o3:1
# text = It is small
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | small *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a joke bar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t2:o4:1
# text = It is a joke bar
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bar	bar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a joke bar |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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