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title: "Footie match? Could've gone better. We lost 5–0." How did the match… — Soft words for hard things: failure an… · tree and pragmatics
description: "Footie match? Could've gone better. We lost 5–0." How did the match go? Test 8 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 was right.
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# Test 8 · Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes

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"Footie match? Could've gone better. We lost 5–0." How did the match go?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** We, match · **What happens:** go, lose · **To what, where:** 5

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Footie match?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t8:1
# text = "Footie match?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Footie	Footie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* Could've gone better.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t8:2
# text = Could've gone better.
1	Could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	've	have	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | could · perfect |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* We lost 5–0."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t8:3
# text = We lost 5–0."
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	5	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	0	0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | We | 5 |  |  |  | – 0 | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 5=Eventuality |

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*Sentence 4:* How did the match go?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t8:4
# text = How did the match go?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
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	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **go** | past · do-support | the match |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Badly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t8:o1:1
# text = Badly
1	Badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was cancelled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t8:o2:1
# text = It was cancelled
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	cancelled	cancel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cancel** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It was a draw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t8:o3:1
# text = It was a draw
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	draw	draw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a draw |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Very well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:t8:o4:1
# text = Very well
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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