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title: "Missed the open goal, that's an unforced error, you muppet!" Whose… — Soft words for hard things: failure an… · tree and pragmatics
description: "Missed the open goal, that's an unforced error, you muppet!" Whose fault was the miss? Test 12 of lesson 34 «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
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# Test 12 · Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes

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"Missed the open goal, that's an unforced error, you muppet!" Whose fault was the miss?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that, you, fault, miss · **What happens:** miss, be, muppet, fault · **To what, where:** open goal, unforced error, miss

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This is test 12 of lesson 34 «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/34-failure-and-mistakes/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Missed the open goal, that's an unforced error, you muppet!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t12:1
# text = "Missed the open goal, that's an unforced error, you muppet!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	unforced	unforced	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	muppet	muppet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** *in a quote* | past |  | the open goal |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer goal=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | a unforced error |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **muppet** *in a quote* |  | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Whose fault was the miss?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t12:2
# text = Whose fault was the miss?
1	Whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	miss	miss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the miss's fault | the miss |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fault** |  | the miss |  |  |  |  |  | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The referee's fault

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t12:o1:1
# text = The referee's fault
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	referee	referee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fault** |  | the referee |  |  |  |  |  | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The player's own fault

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t12:o2:1
# text = The player's own fault
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fault** |  | the player |  |  |  |  |  | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The other team's fault

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t12:o3:1
# text = The other team's fault
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fault** |  | the other team |  |  |  |  |  | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The wind's fault

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t12:o4:1
# text = The wind's fault
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fault** |  | the wind |  |  |  |  |  | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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