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What is the threat? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, threat · **What happens:** cross, sleep, be · **To what, where:** boss This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Old crime film: "Cross the boss and you'll sleep with the fishes." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t7:1 # text = Old crime film: "Cross the boss and you'll sleep with the fishes." 1 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 crime crime NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Cross cross VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 fishes fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cross** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the boss | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boss=Patient | | 2 | **sleep** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | with the fishes | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 is the threat? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t7:2 # text = What is the threat? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 threat threat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the threat | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} You will be murdered ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t7:o1:1 # text = You will be murdered 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 murdered murder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **murder** | future · passive | | You | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} You will lose your job ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t7:o2:1 # text = You will lose your job 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | future | You | your job | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality | | 2 | **job** | | your | | | | | | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} You will sleep on a boat ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t7:o3:1 # text = You will sleep on a boat 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | future | You | | | a boat | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} You will be sent fishing ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t7:o4:1 # text = You will be sent fishing 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 fishing fishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | future · passive | | You | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination fishing=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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