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title: A coach shouts, "Where's your head? You're out to lunch today!" What… — Soft words for hard things: stupidity… · tree and pragmatics
description: A coach shouts, "Where's your head? You're out to lunch today!" What does he mean? Test 6 · ★ 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 of the question and of e
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# Test 6 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness and rude…

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A coach shouts, "Where's your head? You're out to lunch today!" What does he mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** coach, You · **What happens:** shout, be, mean · **To what, where:** head · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A coach shouts, "Where's your head?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t6:1
# text = A coach shouts, "Where's your head?
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | a coach |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | your head |  |  |  |  | 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:* You're out to lunch today!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t6:2
# text = You're out to lunch today!"
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	out	out	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | You |  |  |  | today | to lunch; out *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What does he mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t6:3
# text = What does he mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | coach |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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You missed lunch today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t6:o1:1
# text = You missed lunch today
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | past | You | lunch |  |  | today |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lunch=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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You should eat more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t6:o2:1
# text = You should eat more
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | should | You | more |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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You are not paying attention

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t6:o3:1
# text = You are not paying attention
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	paying	pay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pay** | present · progressive | You | attention |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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You may go and eat now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t6:o4:1
# text = You may go and eat now
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | may | You |  |  |  | now |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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