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Test 2 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' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/34-failure-and-mistakes/t2/) [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/34-failure-and-mistakes/) / t2 # Test 2 · Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes "Oi, you dropped a right clanger telling Gran about her surprise party!" What did the person do? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, right clanger, person · **What happens:** drop, tell, do · **To what, where:** right clanger, Gran · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "Oi, you dropped a right clanger telling Gran about her surprise party!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t2:1 # text = "Oi, you dropped a right clanger telling Gran about her surprise party!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oi oi INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 clanger clanger NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 about about ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** *in a quote* | past | you | a right clanger | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clanger=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | a right clanger *not said here* | | Gran | | | about Gran's surprise party | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent gran=Recipient about party=Topic | 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 did the person do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t2:2 # text = What did the person do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | the person | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Dropped a heavy pot ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t2:o1:1 # text = Dropped a heavy pot 1 Dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | past | | a heavy pot | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Rang the doorbell ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t2:o2:1 # text = Rang the doorbell 1 Rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 doorbell doorbell NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** | past | | the doorbell | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location doorbell=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Planned the party well ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t2:o3:1 # text = Planned the party well 1 Planned plan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plan** | past | | the party | | | | well *property* | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Topic | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Made an embarrassing mistake ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t2:o4:1 # text = Made an embarrassing mistake 1 Made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 embarrassing embarrassing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | | a embarrassing mistake | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product | **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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