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title: Neighbour gossip: "After the lottery win he totally lost the plot, b… — Soft words for hard things: stupidity… · tree and pragmatics
description: Neighbour gossip: "After the lottery win he totally lost the plot, bought six boats." What happened? Test 7 · ★ 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
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# Test 7 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness and rude…

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Neighbour gossip: "After the lottery win he totally lost the plot, bought six boats." What happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he, Neighbour gossip · **What happens:** lose, buy, happen · **To what, where:** plot, six boats

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Neighbour gossip: "After the lottery win he totally lost the plot, bought six boats."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t7:1
# text = Neighbour gossip: "After the lottery win he totally lost the plot, bought six boats."
1	Neighbour	neighbour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	After	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	lottery	lottery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	win	win	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	plot	plot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
15	bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
16	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** *in a quote* | past | he | the plot |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plot=Eventuality |
| 2 | **buy** *in a quote* | participle | Neighbour gossip *not said here* | six boats |  |  | after the lottery win |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme |

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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 happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t7:2
# text = What happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He lost his piece of land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t7:o1:1
# text = He lost his piece of land
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | He | his piece of land |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He forgot the whole story of a film he watched

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t7:o2:1
# text = He forgot the whole story of a film he watched
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | He | the whole story of a film |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **watch** | past | he | a film *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme |

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

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He started behaving wildly and senselessly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t7:o3:1
# text = He started behaving wildly and senselessly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	behaving	behave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	wildly	wildly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	senselessly	senselessly	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **behave** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | wildly *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He won a garden contest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t7:o4:1
# text = He won a garden contest
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | He | a garden contest |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contest=Eventuality |

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