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Test 8 · ★ of lesson 27 «Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police» 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 wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/t8/) [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: crime, pri…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police Mate: "lol he got a five-finger discount on them sweets." What did he do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** get, do · **To what, where:** discount sweets This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 27 «Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police» 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/27-crime-prison-and-police/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mate: "lol he got a five-finger discount on them sweets." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:27-crime-prison-and-police:t8:1 # text = Mate: "lol he got a five-finger discount on them sweets." 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 lol lol INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 discount discount NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod _ _ 14 sweets sweet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | he | discount sweets | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sweet=Stimulus | 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:* What did he do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:27-crime-prison-and-police:t8:2 # text = What did he do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | he | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He paid half price ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:27-crime-prison-and-police:t8:o1:1 # text = He paid half price 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 half half ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 4 amod _ _ 4 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past | He | half price | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Asset | ### Option 2 {#o2} He got a coupon ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:27-crime-prison-and-police:t8:o2:1 # text = He got a coupon 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 coupon coupon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | He | a coupon | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coupon=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He stole the sweets ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:27-crime-prison-and-police:t8:o3:1 # text = He stole the sweets 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sweets sweet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | past | He | the sweets | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sweet=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He bought five sweets ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:27-crime-prison-and-police:t8:o4:1 # text = He bought five sweets 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 sweets sweet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | past | He | five sweets | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=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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