--- title: "shut up, you're a sausage short of a barbie, it's Tuesday not Frida… — Soft words for hard things: failure an… · tree and pragmatics description: "shut up, you're a sausage short of a barbie, it's Tuesday not Friday" What does the speaker think of the friend? 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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/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:35-mistakes-and-stupidity:t10:1 # text = "shut up, you're a sausage short of a barbie, it's Tuesday not Friday" What does the speaker think of the friend? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 shut shut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sausage sausage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 barbie barbie NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 Tuesday Tuesday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 Friday Friday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ _ 20 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 obj _ _ 21 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shut up** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | a sausage | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | barbie | Tuesday | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | the speaker | | | | | of the friend | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The friend is being stupid ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:35-mistakes-and-stupidity:t10:o1:1 # text = The friend is being stupid 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 5 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the friend | | | | | stupid *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The friend is a good cook ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:35-mistakes-and-stupidity:t10:o2:1 # text = The friend is a good cook 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the friend | a good cook | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The friend forgot the barbecue ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:35-mistakes-and-stupidity:t10:o3:1 # text = The friend forgot the barbecue 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 barbecue barbecue NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | past | the friend | the barbecue | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The friend is hungry ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:35-mistakes-and-stupidity:t10:o4:1 # text = The friend is hungry 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the friend | | | | | hungry *property* | 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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