--- title: Gossip: "Her brother's a man of the cloth now, would you believe." W… — Soft words for hard things: religion a… · tree and pragmatics description: Gossip: "Her brother's a man of the cloth now, would you believe." What is her brother's job? 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What is her brother's job? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, you, job · **What happens:** be, believe, job · **To what, where:** man This is test 5 of lesson 32 «Soft words for hard things: religion and fate and failure and mistakes» 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/32-religion-fate-failure/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Gossip: "Her brother's a man of the cloth now, would you believe." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:32-religion-fate-failure:t5:1 # text = Gossip: "Her brother's a man of the cloth now, would you believe." 1 Gossip gossip NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 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 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Her brother | a man | | | | of the cloth | tree rules | | 2 | **believe** *in a quote* | would | you | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | 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 is her brother's job? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:32-religion-fate-failure:t5:2 # text = What is her brother's job? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | her brother's job | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **job** | | her brother | | | | | | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He is a priest ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:32-religion-fate-failure:t5:o1:1 # text = He is a priest 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | He | a priest | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He is a fashion model ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:32-religion-fate-failure:t5:o2:1 # text = He is a fashion model 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 fashion fashion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 model model NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | He | a fashion model | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He sells carpets ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:32-religion-fate-failure:t5:o3:1 # text = He sells carpets 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sells sell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 carpets carpet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | present | He | carpets | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carpet=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He is a tailor ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:32-religion-fate-failure:t5:o4:1 # text = He is a tailor 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | He | a tailor | | | | | 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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