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title: News: "The striker missed an open goal and the commentator cried, 'C… — Soft words for hard things: stupidity… · tree and pragmatics
description: News: "The striker missed an open goal and the commentator cried, 'Crikey!'" What did the commentator show? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 37 «Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness and rudeness and swearing» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 1 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness and rude…

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News: "The striker missed an open goal and the commentator cried, 'Crikey!'" What did the commentator show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** News, commentator · **What happens:** miss, cry, show · **To what, where:** open goal, Crikey

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 37 «Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness and rudeness and swearing» 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/37-bats-and-gosh/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* News: "The striker missed an open goal and the commentator cried, 'Crikey!'"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t1:1
# text = News: "The striker missed an open goal and the commentator cried, 'Crikey!'"
1	News	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	striker	striker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	commentator	commentator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	Crikey	crikey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** *in a quote* | past | News | a open goal |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer goal=Stimulus |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | the commentator | Crikey |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crikey=Topic |

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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:* What did the commentator show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t1:2
# text = What did the commentator show?
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	commentator	commentator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	show	show	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 | **show** | past · do-support | the commentator |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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That the goal was a good one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t1:o1:1
# text = That the goal was a good one
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	one	one	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 | that goal | a good one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That the striker is called Crikey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t1:o2:1
# text = That the striker is called Crikey
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	striker	striker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	Crikey	Crikey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · passive |  | that striker |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Surprise, with a soft word for Christ

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t1:o3:1
# text = Surprise, with a soft word for Christ
1	Surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Christ	Christ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That he wanted a cricket game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t1:o4:1
# text = That he wanted a cricket game
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cricket	cricket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | That | a cricket game |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot game=Theme |

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