--- title: Gran, about the twins' drawing: "Well, it's very... colourful." Whic… — Soft words for hard things: lying and… · tree and pragmatics description: Gran, about the twins' drawing: "Well, it's very... colourful." Which word best fits what she is doing? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 29 «Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking and drugs» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/t1/) [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: lying and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking… Gran, about the twins' drawing: "Well, it's very... colourful." Which word best fits what she is doing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** drawing, twins, word · **What happens:** be, draw, fit, do This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 29 «Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking and drugs» 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/29-lying-and-drinking/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Gran, about the twins' drawing: "Well, it's very... colourful." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t1:1 # text = Gran, about the twins' drawing: "Well, it's very... colourful." 1 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 twins twin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ' 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 drawing drawing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Well well INTJ UH _ 16 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ... ... PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 colourful colourful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | drawing | | | | | colourful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **draw** | | the twins | | | | | | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=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:* Which word best fits what she is doing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t1:2 # text = Which word best fits what she is doing? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 nmod _ _ 4 fits fit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fit** | present | which word best | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | present · progressive | word | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Being diplomatic ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t1:o1:1 # text = Being diplomatic 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 cop _ _ 2 diplomatic diplomatic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | diplomatic *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Spinning a yarn ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t1:o2:1 # text = Spinning a yarn 1 Spinning spin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 yarn yarn NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spin** | gerund | | a yarn | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent yarn=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Fudging the figures ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t1:o3:1 # text = Fudging the figures 1 Fudging fudge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 figures figure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fudge** | gerund | | the figures | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Pulling your leg ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t1:o4:1 # text = Pulling your leg 1 Pulling pull VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | gerund | | your leg | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=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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