--- title: Coach: "Stop fudging the figures — you didn't run 10 laps, you ran 6… — Soft words for hard things: lying and… · tree and pragmatics description: Coach: "Stop fudging the figures — you didn't run 10 laps, you ran 6." What did the runner do? Test 12 · ★ 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 question an --- [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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking… Coach: "Stop fudging the figures — you didn't run 10 laps, you ran 6." What did the runner do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Coach, you, runner · **What happens:** stop, fudge, not run, run, do · **To what, where:** figures, 10 laps, 6 This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Coach: "Stop fudging the figures — you didn't run 10 laps, you ran 6." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t12:1 # text = Coach: "Stop fudging the figures — you didn't run 10 laps, you ran 6." 1 Coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 fudging fudge VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 figures figure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 — - PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 11 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 13 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 laps lap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 18 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive | Coach | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **fudge** *in a quote* | gerund | Coach *not said here* | the figures | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **run** *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | 10 laps | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lap=Trajectory | | 4 | **run** *in a quote* | past | you | 6 | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme 6=Trajectory | 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 the runner do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t12:2 # text = What did the runner do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 runner runner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | the runner | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Ran extra laps ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t12:o1:1 # text = Ran extra laps 1 Ran ran ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 laps lap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Ate fudge while running ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t12:o2:1 # text = Ate fudge while running 1 Ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 fudge fudge NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 while while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | | fudge | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fudge=Patient | | 2 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Counted perfectly ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t12:o3:1 # text = Counted perfectly 1 Counted count VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | participle | | | | | | perfectly *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Gave false numbers ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t12:o4:1 # text = Gave false numbers 1 Gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | | false numbers | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=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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