--- title: "Oi, stop telling porkies! You never saw a shark in the canal." What… — Soft words for hard things: crime, pri… · tree and pragmatics description: "Oi, stop telling porkies! You never saw a shark in the canal." What is the speaker saying? 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What is the speaker saying? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, speaker · **What happens:** stop, tell, not see, say · **To what, where:** porkies, shark, canal · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 28 «Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police and lying and honesty» 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/28-stealing-and-lying/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "Oi, stop telling porkies! ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t6:1 # text = "Oi, stop telling porkies! 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oi oi INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 porkies porky NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | porkies | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent porky=Recipient | 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:* You never saw a shark in the canal." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t6:2 # text = You never saw a shark in the canal." 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 shark shark NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 canal canal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | past | You | a shark | | the canal | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shark=Stimulus | *Sentence 3:* What is the speaker saying? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t6:3 # text = What is the speaker saying? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | the speaker | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Stop talking about pigs ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t6:o1:1 # text = Stop talking about pigs 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **talk** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | about pigs | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about pig=Topic | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Hush ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t6:o2:1 # text = Hush 1 Hush hush NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Stop lying ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t6:o3:1 # text = Stop lying 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **lie** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Stop eating pies ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t6:o4:1 # text = Stop eating pies 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 3 pies pie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | you *not said here* | pies | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pie=Patient | **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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