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Test 3 of lesson 33 «Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wro --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/33-failure-and-mistakes/t3/) [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: failure an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/33-failure-and-mistakes/) / t3 # Test 3 · Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes "Mate, the barbecue went proper pear-shaped, sausages all burnt." What happened? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate, sausages · **What happens:** go, shape, burnt, happen This is test 3 of lesson 33 «Soft words for hard things: 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/33-failure-and-mistakes/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "Mate, the barbecue went proper pear-shaped, sausages all burnt." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:33-failure-and-mistakes:t3:1 # text = "Mate, the barbecue went proper pear-shaped, sausages all burnt." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 barbecue barbecue NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 pear pear NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 shaped shape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 sausages sausage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 all all ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 burnt burnt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | past | Mate and the barbecue | | | | | proper *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **shape** *in a quote* | participle | Mate and the barbecue *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **burnt** *in a quote* | present | sausages | | | | | all *property* | tree rules | 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 happened? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:33-failure-and-mistakes:t3:2 # text = What happened? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The sausages were shaped like pears ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:33-failure-and-mistakes:t3:o1:1 # text = The sausages were shaped like pears 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sausages sausage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 shaped shape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 pears pear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shape** | past · passive | | the sausages | | | | like pears | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} They cooked pears ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:33-failure-and-mistakes:t3:o2:1 # text = They cooked pears 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cooked cook VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 pears pear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cook** | past | They | pears | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pear=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The barbecue went wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:33-failure-and-mistakes:t3:o3:1 # text = The barbecue went wrong 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 barbecue barbecue NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the barbecue | | | | | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The barbecue was a great success ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:33-failure-and-mistakes:t3:o4:1 # text = The barbecue was a great success 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 barbecue barbecue NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the barbecue | a great success | | | | | 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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