--- title: A newspaper writes that the MP was "tired and emotional" in Parliame… — Soft words for hard things: lying and… · tree and pragmatics description: A newspaper writes that the MP was "tired and emotional" in Parliament. What are they really saying? Test 10 · ★ 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 quest --- [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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking… A newspaper writes that the MP was "tired and emotional" in Parliament. What are they really saying? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** newspaper, MP, they · **What happens:** write, be, say · **To what, where:** Parliament · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A newspaper writes that the MP was "tired and emotional" in Parliament. ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t10:1 # text = A newspaper writes that the MP was "tired and emotional" in Parliament. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 newspaper newspaper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 writes write VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 MP mp NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 emotional emotional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Parliament Parliament PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | present | a newspaper | | | Parliament | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the MP | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | | the MP *not said here* | | | | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* What are they really saying? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t10:2 # text = What are they really saying? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 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 | they | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He was drunk ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t10:o1:1 # text = He was drunk 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 drunk drink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} He gave a moving speech ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t10:o2:1 # text = He gave a moving speech 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 moving move VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | He | a moving speech | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Theme | | 2 | **move** | gerund | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He needed sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t10:o3:1 # text = He needed sleep 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | past | He | sleep | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sleep=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was crying about bad news ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t10:o4:1 # text = He was crying about bad news 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past · progressive | He | | | | | about bad news | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about news=Topic | **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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