--- title: A teacher says "Josh is a bit off colour, so he went home." Why did… — Soft words for hard things: death and… · tree and pragmatics description: A teacher says "Josh is a bit off colour, so he went home." Why did Josh go home? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 3 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying, illness and the body» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/3-death-and-feeling-poorly/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: death and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/3-death-and-feeling-poorly/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: death and dying, illness and t… A teacher says "Josh is a bit off colour, so he went home." Why did Josh go home? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teacher, Josh · **What happens:** say, be, go · **To what, where:** bit · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 3 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying, illness and the body» 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/3-death-and-feeling-poorly/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A teacher says "Josh is a bit off colour, so he went home." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:3-death-and-feeling-poorly:t10:1 # text = A teacher says "Josh is a bit off colour, so he went home." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Josh Josh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 9 off off ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 home home ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a teacher | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Josh | a bit | | | | off colour | tree rules | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | past | Josh | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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:* Why did Josh go home? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:3-death-and-feeling-poorly:t10:2 # text = Why did Josh go home? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Josh Josh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · do-support | Josh | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He spilt paint on his clothes ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:3-death-and-feeling-poorly:t10:o1:1 # text = He spilt paint on his clothes 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 spilt spilt AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 paint paint VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | | He | | | his clothes | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on clothes=Destination | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He felt unwell ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:3-death-and-feeling-poorly:t10:o2:1 # text = He felt unwell 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 unwell unwell ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | He | | | | | unwell *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} His uniform was the wrong colour ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:3-death-and-feeling-poorly:t10:o3:1 # text = His uniform was the wrong colour 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 uniform uniform NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | His uniform | the wrong colour | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was naughty ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:3-death-and-feeling-poorly:t10:o4:1 # text = He was naughty 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 naughty naughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | naughty *property* | 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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