--- title: "Lol it's not a bug, it's an undocumented feature" — what is the spe… — Soft words for hard things: business a… · tree and pragmatics description: "Lol it's not a bug, it's an undocumented feature" — what is the speaker really saying? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 23 «Soft words for hard things: business and advertising and politics and government spin» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/23-fees-bugs-and-spin/t4/) [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: business a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/23-fees-bugs-and-spin/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: business and advertising and p… "Lol it's not a bug, it's an undocumented feature" — what is the speaker really saying? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, bug · **What happens:** not be, be · **To what, where:** bug, undocumented feature · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 23 «Soft words for hard things: business and advertising and politics and government spin» 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/23-fees-bugs-and-spin/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:23-fees-bugs-and-spin:t4:1 # text = "Lol it's not a bug, it's an undocumented feature" — what is the speaker really saying? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Lol lol INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 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 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bug bug NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 undocumented undocumented ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 feature feature NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 — - PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 obj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 really really ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | a bug | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | bug | a undocumented feature | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | a bug | | | | | say *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 {#o1} It is a secret extra ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:23-fees-bugs-and-spin:t4:o1:1 # text = It is a secret extra 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 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 extra extra NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a secret extra | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It is a bug, said as a joke ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:23-fees-bugs-and-spin:t4:o2:1 # text = It is a bug, said as a joke 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bug bug NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a bug | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | as a joke | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is a manual ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:23-fees-bugs-and-spin:t4:o3:1 # text = It is a manual 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 manual manual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | manual *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} It is a planned feature for later ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:23-fees-bugs-and-spin:t4:o4:1 # text = It is a planned feature for later 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 planned plan VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 feature feature NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plan** | participle | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | It | a planned feature | | | | late *property* | 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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