--- title: "Uncle Rob was proper well-oiled at the wedding, fell in the cake."… — Soft words for hard things: lying and… · tree and pragmatics description: "Uncle Rob was proper well-oiled at the wedding, fell in the cake." What was wrong with Uncle Rob? 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What was wrong with Uncle Rob? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** oil, fall, be · **To what, where:** Uncle Rob, wedding, cake This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "Uncle Rob was proper well-oiled at the wedding, fell in the cake." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t9:1 # text = "Uncle Rob was proper well-oiled at the wedding, fell in the cake." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Rob Rob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 5 proper properly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 oiled oil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **oil** *in a quote* | past · passive | | Uncle Rob | | the wedding | | properly, well *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination» | | 2 | **fall** *in a quote* | past | | | | the cake | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in cake=Location | 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 was wrong with Uncle Rob? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t9:2 # text = What was wrong with Uncle Rob? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Rob Rob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | with Uncle Rob; wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He was tired from work ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t9:o1:1 # text = He was tired from work 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 cop _ _ 3 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | work | | tired *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He was drunk ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t9:o2:1 # 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 3 {#o3} He had slipped on oil ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t9:o3:1 # text = He had slipped on oil 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 slipped slip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slip** | past · perfect | He | | | oil | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was a good dancer ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t9:o4:1 # text = He was a good dancer 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 dancer dancer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | He | a good dancer | | | | | tree rules | **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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