--- title: "Mate, there's no homework today." "Seriously?" "Nah, just pulling y… — Soft words for hard things: lying and… · tree and pragmatics description: "Mate, there's no homework today." "Seriously?" "Nah, just pulling your leg." Is there homework? 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Is there homework? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** homework · **What happens:** be, pull · **To what, where:** leg This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "Mate, there's no homework today." " ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t2:1 # text = "Mate, there's no homework today." " 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 8 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *in a quote* | present | no homework | | | there | today | Mate *vocative* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:* Seriously?" " ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t2:2 # text = Seriously?" " 1 Seriously seriously ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* Nah, just pulling your leg." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t2:3 # text = Nah, just pulling your leg." 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 pulling pull VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | *Sentence 4:* Is there homework? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t2:4 # text = Is there homework? 1 Is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 1 expl _ _ 3 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | homework | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yes, he was joking ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t2:o1:1 # text = Yes, he was joking 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 joking joke VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **joke** *speech: other* | past · progressive | he | | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, he told the truth ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t2:o2:1 # text = No, he told the truth 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | he | the truth | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only for some pupils ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t2:o3:1 # text = Only for some pupils 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 pupils pupil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Nobody knows ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t2:o4:1 # text = Nobody knows 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | Nobody | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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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